1 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
5 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
7 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
8 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
12 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
15 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
16 Wording: Steve Langasek.
17 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
18 Seconded: Julien Cristau
22 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
23 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
24 Seconded: Russ Allbery
25 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
28 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
29 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
30 Seconded: Russ Allbery
32 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
33 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
34 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
35 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
36 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
37 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
38 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
39 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
42 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
43 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
44 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
45 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
46 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
47 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
48 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
49 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
50 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
51 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
52 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
53 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
54 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
55 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
56 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
57 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
59 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
60 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
61 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
62 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
63 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
65 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
68 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
69 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
70 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
71 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
72 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
73 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
76 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:36:04 -0600
78 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
80 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
81 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
82 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
83 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
85 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
86 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
87 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
88 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
90 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
91 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
92 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
93 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
95 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
96 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
97 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
98 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
99 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
100 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
102 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
103 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
105 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
106 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
108 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
109 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
110 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
111 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
113 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
114 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
115 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
116 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
118 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
119 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
120 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
121 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
123 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
124 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
125 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
126 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
128 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
129 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
130 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
131 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
133 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
134 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
135 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
136 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
137 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
138 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
139 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
140 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
141 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
142 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
143 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
144 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
145 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
146 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
147 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
149 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
150 Source field descriptions.
151 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
152 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
153 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
154 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
155 description says otherwise.
157 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
159 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
162 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
163 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
164 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
165 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
166 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
167 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
169 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
170 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
171 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
172 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
174 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
175 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
176 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
177 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
179 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
180 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
181 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
182 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
184 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
185 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
186 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
187 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
191 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
192 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
193 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
194 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
195 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
197 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
198 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
199 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
200 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
202 * Add myself to Uploaders.
205 * Add myself to Uploaders.
206 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
208 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
209 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
210 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
212 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
214 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
216 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
217 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
218 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
219 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
221 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
222 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
223 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
224 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
226 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
227 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
228 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
229 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
231 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
232 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
233 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
234 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
236 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
237 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
238 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
239 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
241 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
242 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
243 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
244 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
246 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
247 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
248 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
249 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
251 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
252 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
253 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
254 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
256 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
257 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
258 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
259 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
261 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
262 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
263 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
264 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
266 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
267 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
268 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
269 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
270 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
272 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
273 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
274 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
275 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
276 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
277 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
278 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
279 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
280 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
281 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
282 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
283 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
284 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
285 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
286 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
287 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
288 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
289 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
290 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
291 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
292 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
293 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
294 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
295 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
296 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
297 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
298 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
299 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
300 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
301 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
303 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
304 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
305 links was completed long ago.
306 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
308 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
310 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
312 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
313 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
315 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
317 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
319 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
320 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
321 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
322 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
323 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
324 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
325 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
326 Millan (Closes: #209008).
327 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
328 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
330 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
332 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
334 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
335 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
336 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
337 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
338 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
339 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
340 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
342 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
343 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
344 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
345 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
347 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
348 Küster (Closes: #403391).
349 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
350 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
351 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
352 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
353 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
354 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
355 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
356 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
357 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
358 Closes: #186700, #458910
359 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
360 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
361 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
363 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
364 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
365 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
366 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
367 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
368 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
369 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
370 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
372 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
373 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
375 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
376 * Add an md5sums control file.
377 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
378 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
379 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
380 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
381 currently part of policy.
382 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
383 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
384 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
387 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
389 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
391 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
392 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
393 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
394 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
395 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
396 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
397 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
398 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
399 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
400 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
401 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
402 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
403 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
404 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
405 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
406 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
408 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
410 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
411 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
412 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
414 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
415 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
416 list?" (Closes: #412634).
417 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
418 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
419 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
420 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
421 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
422 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
423 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
424 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
425 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
426 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
427 debconf specification.
428 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
429 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
431 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
433 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
435 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
436 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
437 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
438 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
439 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
441 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
443 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
444 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
445 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
446 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
447 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
449 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
450 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
451 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
452 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
453 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
454 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
455 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
456 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
457 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
458 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
459 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
460 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
461 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
462 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
463 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
464 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
466 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
468 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
469 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
470 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
471 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
472 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
473 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
474 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
475 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
477 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
479 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
481 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
482 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
483 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
484 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
485 Polo (Closes: #372497).
486 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
487 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
489 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
490 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
491 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
492 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
493 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
494 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
495 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
496 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
497 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
498 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
500 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
501 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
502 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
503 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
504 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
505 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
507 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
509 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
511 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
512 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
513 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
514 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
516 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
517 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
519 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
521 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
523 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
524 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
525 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
526 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
527 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
528 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
529 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
530 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
531 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
532 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
534 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
535 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
536 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
537 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
538 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
539 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
540 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
541 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
542 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
543 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
544 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
547 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
549 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
551 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
552 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
553 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
554 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
555 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
556 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
557 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
558 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
559 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
560 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
561 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
562 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
563 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
564 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
565 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
566 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
567 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
568 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
569 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
570 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
571 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
572 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
573 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
574 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
575 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
576 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
577 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
578 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
580 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
581 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
582 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
583 Hess (Closes: #362247).
584 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
585 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
586 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
587 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
588 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
589 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
590 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
591 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
592 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
593 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
594 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
595 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
597 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
598 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
600 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
601 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
602 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
603 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
604 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
605 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
606 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
607 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
608 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
609 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
610 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
612 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
614 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
617 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
618 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
619 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
620 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
621 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
622 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
623 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
624 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
625 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
626 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
627 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
628 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
629 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
631 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
632 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
633 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
634 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
635 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
636 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
637 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
638 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
639 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
640 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
641 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
642 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
643 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
644 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
645 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
646 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
647 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
648 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
649 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
652 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
654 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
656 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
657 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
658 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
659 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
661 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
662 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
663 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
664 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
666 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
668 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
671 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
672 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
673 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
674 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
675 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
676 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
677 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
678 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
679 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
680 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
682 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
683 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
684 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
686 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
687 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
688 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
689 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
690 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
691 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
692 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
694 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
695 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
696 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
697 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
699 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
700 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
701 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
702 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
703 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
704 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
705 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
706 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
708 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
709 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
710 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
711 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
712 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
713 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
714 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
715 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
716 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
717 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
718 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
719 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
720 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
721 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
722 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
723 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
724 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
726 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
728 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
731 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
732 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
733 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
734 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
735 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
736 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
737 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
738 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
739 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
741 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
742 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
743 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
744 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
745 this section. closes: Bug#248618
746 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
747 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
748 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
749 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
750 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
751 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
752 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
753 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
754 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
755 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
756 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
757 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
759 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
760 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
761 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
764 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
765 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
766 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
768 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
769 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
770 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
771 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
772 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
773 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
775 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
776 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
778 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
779 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
780 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
781 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
782 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
783 Closes: #185943, #237049
785 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
787 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
790 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
793 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
794 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
795 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
796 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
797 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
798 running. closes: Bug#187250
799 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
800 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
801 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
802 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
803 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
804 user closes: Bug#176506
806 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
808 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
811 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
812 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
813 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
814 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
815 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
816 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
817 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
818 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
819 deb-building toolchain.
820 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
821 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
822 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
823 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
824 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
825 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
826 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
827 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
828 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
829 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
830 sections about changelog files.
832 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
833 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
834 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
835 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
836 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
837 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
839 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
840 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
841 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
842 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
843 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
844 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
845 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
846 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
847 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
848 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
849 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
850 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
851 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
852 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
853 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
854 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
855 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
856 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
857 for the restructuring
859 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
861 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
864 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
866 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
867 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
868 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
869 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
870 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
871 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
873 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
874 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
875 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
876 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
877 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
878 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
879 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
881 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
882 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
883 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
884 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
886 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
888 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
891 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
892 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
893 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
894 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
895 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
896 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
898 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
899 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
900 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
901 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
903 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
904 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
905 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
906 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
907 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
908 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
909 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
910 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
911 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
913 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
914 script should start it, closes: #60979
915 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
916 "should", closes: #170019
917 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
918 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
919 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
920 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
921 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
922 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
923 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
924 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
927 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
929 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
932 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
933 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
934 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
935 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
936 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
937 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
938 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
939 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
940 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
942 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
943 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
944 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
945 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
946 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
947 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
948 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
949 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
950 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
952 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
953 file, closes: Bug#65764
955 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
957 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
959 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
960 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
961 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
962 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
963 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
964 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
965 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
966 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
967 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
968 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
969 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
970 details. closes: Bug#133030
971 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
972 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
975 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
977 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
979 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
980 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
981 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
982 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
983 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
984 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
985 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
986 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
987 not. closes: Bug#139820
988 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
989 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
990 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
991 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
992 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
993 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
994 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
995 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
996 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
997 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
999 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1001 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1002 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1003 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1004 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1005 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1006 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1007 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1008 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1009 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1010 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1011 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1012 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1013 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1014 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1015 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1016 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1017 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1018 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1019 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1020 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1022 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1023 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1024 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1025 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1026 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1027 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1028 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1030 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1031 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1032 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1033 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1034 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1035 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1036 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1037 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1038 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1040 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1042 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1044 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1045 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1046 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1047 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1048 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1049 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1050 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1051 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1052 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1053 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1054 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1055 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1056 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1057 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1058 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1059 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1060 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1061 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1062 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1063 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1064 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1065 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1066 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1068 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1070 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1072 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1073 medium, high, emergency.
1074 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1075 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1076 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1077 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1078 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1081 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1082 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1083 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1085 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1086 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1087 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1088 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1089 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1090 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1091 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1094 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1096 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1098 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1099 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1100 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1101 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1103 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1104 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1105 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1106 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1107 debian/rules to do this
1108 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1109 patches are incorporated upstream
1110 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1111 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1112 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1113 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1114 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1115 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1117 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1118 system closes: Bug#91249
1119 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1120 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1121 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1122 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1123 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1124 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1125 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1126 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1127 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1128 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1129 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1130 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1131 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1133 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1135 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1137 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1138 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1139 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1140 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1142 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1143 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1144 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1146 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1149 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1151 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1153 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1154 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1155 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1156 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1157 package for the time being
1158 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1159 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1160 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1161 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1162 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1163 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1164 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1165 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1166 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1167 Build-Depends arch syntax
1168 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1170 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1171 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1173 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1174 from policy maintenance duties.
1175 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1176 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1178 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1180 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1182 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1184 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1186 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1188 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1189 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1190 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1191 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1192 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1193 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1194 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1195 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1196 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1197 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1198 minor version number for this
1199 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1200 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1201 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1202 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1203 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1204 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1205 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1206 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1207 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1209 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1211 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1213 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1214 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1215 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1216 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1217 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1219 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1221 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1222 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1223 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1224 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1225 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1226 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1227 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1228 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1229 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1230 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1231 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1232 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1233 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1234 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1235 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1236 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1239 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1241 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1243 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1244 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1246 * Document the Enhances relationship
1247 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1248 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1249 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1250 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1251 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1252 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1254 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1256 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1257 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1258 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1259 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1261 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1262 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1263 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1264 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1265 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1267 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1269 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1271 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1272 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1273 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1275 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1276 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1277 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1278 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1279 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1280 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1281 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1282 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1283 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1285 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1287 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1289 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1291 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1292 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1293 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1294 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1295 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1296 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1297 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1298 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1299 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1300 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1301 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1302 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1303 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1304 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1305 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1306 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1307 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1308 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1309 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1310 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1311 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1312 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1314 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1315 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1317 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1319 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1321 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1322 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1323 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1324 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1325 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1326 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1327 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1328 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1329 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1330 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1331 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1332 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1333 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1334 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1335 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1336 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1337 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1338 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1339 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1340 list closes: Bug#53756
1341 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1342 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1343 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1344 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1345 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1346 policy closes: Bug#53760
1347 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1348 policy closes: Bug#53761
1349 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1350 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1351 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1352 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1353 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1354 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1355 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1356 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1357 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1358 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1359 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1361 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1362 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1363 to install with older fileutils.
1364 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1365 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1366 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1367 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1369 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1370 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1372 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1374 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1376 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1377 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1379 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1381 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1383 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1384 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1386 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1389 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1391 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1392 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1394 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1396 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1398 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1400 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1401 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1403 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1405 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1407 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1408 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1409 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1410 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1411 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1412 directoried (closes: #41547)
1413 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1414 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1415 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1416 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1417 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1418 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1419 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1420 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1421 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1422 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1423 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1425 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1426 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1427 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1428 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1429 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1430 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1431 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1433 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1434 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1435 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1436 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1438 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1440 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1442 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1443 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1445 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1447 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1449 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1450 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1452 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1454 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1456 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1457 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1459 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1460 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1461 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1462 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1463 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1464 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1465 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1466 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1467 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1468 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1469 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1470 this closes: Bug#38612
1471 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1472 before. closes: Bug#40864
1474 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1476 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1478 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1479 officially uploaded.
1480 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1482 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1483 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1484 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1486 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1487 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1488 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1489 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1490 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1491 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1493 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1494 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1495 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1497 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1499 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1500 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1501 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1502 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1503 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1505 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1507 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1509 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1510 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1511 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1512 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1513 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1514 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1515 there). closes: Bug#34233
1516 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1517 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1518 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1519 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1520 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1522 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1524 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1526 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1527 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1528 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1529 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1532 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1533 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1534 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1535 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1536 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1539 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1540 number. closes: BUG#25911
1542 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1543 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1544 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1545 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1546 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1547 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1549 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1550 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1551 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1554 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1555 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1556 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1558 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1559 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1560 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1561 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1563 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1564 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1565 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1567 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1569 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1570 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1571 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1572 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1573 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1574 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1575 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1576 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1579 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1581 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1582 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1585 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1587 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1589 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1591 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1593 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1595 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1596 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1597 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1598 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1599 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1600 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1601 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1602 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1604 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1605 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1607 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1609 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1611 * non-maintainer release
1612 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1613 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1615 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1616 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1617 * no content changes
1618 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1620 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1622 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1626 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1628 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1630 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1632 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1633 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1634 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1636 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1637 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1639 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1640 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1641 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1642 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1644 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1645 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1646 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1647 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1648 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1649 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1650 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1652 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1653 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1654 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1657 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1658 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1659 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1661 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1662 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1663 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1665 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1666 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1668 * New version numbering scheme:
1670 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1671 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1672 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1675 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1676 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1677 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1678 differ between the manuals.
1680 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1681 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1682 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1683 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1685 * Packaging changes:
1687 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1688 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1690 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1692 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1694 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1696 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1698 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1699 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1700 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1702 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1703 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1706 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1707 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1708 file extension as the referenced file
1710 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1711 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1713 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1714 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1715 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1716 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1719 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1720 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1721 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1723 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1724 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1725 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1726 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1729 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1730 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1733 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1734 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1735 reasonable default configuration
1737 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1738 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1739 by all news servers and clients
1741 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1742 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1743 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1744 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1745 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1747 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1748 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1751 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1753 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1754 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1756 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1759 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1760 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1762 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1763 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1765 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1767 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1769 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1771 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1772 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1773 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1774 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1776 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1778 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1779 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1780 * Don't use debstd anymore
1782 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1784 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1786 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1787 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1788 contrib/non-free policy
1789 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1790 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1791 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1792 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1793 - new section about `Daemons'
1794 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1795 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1796 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1797 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1798 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1799 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1800 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1801 * SGML source code included in package
1802 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1804 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1806 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1808 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1809 - completely reworked structure
1810 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1811 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1812 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1813 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1814 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1815 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1816 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1817 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1818 - mention "orphaned packages"
1819 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1820 distributions' policy
1821 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1822 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1823 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1824 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1825 - added section about arch spec strings
1826 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1827 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1828 - added section about "menus"
1829 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1830 the new documentation policy soon
1831 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1832 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1834 - added section about editors and pagers
1835 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1836 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1837 - added section about device files
1838 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1839 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1840 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1842 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1843 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1844 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1845 - Added new section about obsolete names
1846 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1847 * Fixed package's description
1849 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1851 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1853 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1855 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1857 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1859 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1860 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1861 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1862 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1864 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1866 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1868 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1869 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1870 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1872 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1873 and upload it "byhand" too.
1875 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1877 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1880 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1881 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1882 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1883 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1884 functionality must not have the same name.
1885 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1886 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1887 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1888 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1889 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1890 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1891 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1893 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1894 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1895 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1896 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1897 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1898 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1899 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1900 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1903 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1905 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1907 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1909 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1910 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1911 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1912 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1913 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1916 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1918 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1920 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1922 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1923 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1924 description of deb file format.
1925 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1926 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1928 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1930 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1931 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1933 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1935 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1937 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1938 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1939 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1940 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1941 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1942 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1943 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1944 packages in section on Procedure
1945 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1946 a package maintainer
1947 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1948 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1949 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1951 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1952 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1953 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1954 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1955 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1956 on various shlib files
1957 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1958 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1959 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1961 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1963 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1965 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1966 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1967 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1969 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1970 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1971 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1972 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1973 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1975 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1977 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1979 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1981 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1983 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1984 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1985 compatibility go in contrib.
1987 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1988 instructions in policy manual.
1989 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1992 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1994 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1996 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1997 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1998 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1999 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2001 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2002 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2005 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2007 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2009 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2010 * More detail about changelog format names.
2012 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2013 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2017 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2019 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2021 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2023 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2025 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2027 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2029 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2031 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2032 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2033 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2035 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2037 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2039 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2041 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2043 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2047 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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