1 debian-policy (3.7.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
5 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
6 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
7 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
8 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
9 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
10 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
11 currently part of policy.
12 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
16 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
18 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
19 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
20 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
21 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
22 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
23 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
24 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
25 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
26 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
27 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
28 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
29 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
30 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
31 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
32 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
33 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
35 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
37 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
38 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
39 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
41 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
42 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
43 list?" (Closes: #412634).
44 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
45 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
46 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
47 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
48 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
49 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
50 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
51 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
52 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
53 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
54 debconf specification.
55 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
56 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
58 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
60 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
62 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
63 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
64 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
65 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
66 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
68 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
70 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
71 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
72 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
73 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
74 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
76 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
77 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
78 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
79 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
80 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
81 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
82 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
83 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
84 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
85 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
86 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
87 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
88 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
89 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
90 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
91 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
93 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
95 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
96 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
97 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
98 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
99 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
100 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
101 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
102 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
104 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
106 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
108 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
109 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
110 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
111 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
112 Polo (Closes: #372497).
113 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
114 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
116 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
117 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
118 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
119 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
120 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
121 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
122 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
123 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
124 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
125 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
127 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
128 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
129 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
130 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
131 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
132 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
134 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
136 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
138 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
139 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
140 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
141 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
143 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
144 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
146 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
148 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
150 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
151 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
152 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
153 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
154 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
155 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
156 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
157 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
158 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
159 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
161 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
162 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
163 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
164 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
165 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
166 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
167 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
168 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
169 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
170 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
171 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
174 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
176 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
178 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
179 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
180 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
181 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
182 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
183 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
184 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
185 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
186 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
187 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
188 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
189 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
190 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
191 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
192 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
193 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
194 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
195 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
196 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
197 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
198 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
199 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
200 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
201 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
202 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
203 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
204 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
205 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
207 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
208 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
209 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
210 Hess (Closes: #362247).
211 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
212 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
213 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
214 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
215 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
216 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
217 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
218 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
219 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
220 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
221 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
222 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
224 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
225 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
227 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
228 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
229 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
230 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
231 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
232 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
233 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
234 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
235 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
236 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
237 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
239 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
241 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
244 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
245 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
246 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
247 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
248 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
249 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
250 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
251 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
252 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
253 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
254 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
255 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
256 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
258 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
259 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
260 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
261 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
262 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
263 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
264 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
265 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
266 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
267 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
268 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
269 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
270 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
271 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
272 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
273 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
274 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
275 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
276 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
279 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
281 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
283 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
284 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
285 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
286 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
288 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
289 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
290 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
291 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
293 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
295 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
298 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
299 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
300 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
301 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
302 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
303 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
304 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
305 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
306 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
307 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
309 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
310 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
311 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
313 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
314 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
315 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
316 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
317 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
318 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
319 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
321 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
322 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
323 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
324 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
326 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
327 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
328 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
329 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
330 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
331 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
332 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
333 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
335 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
336 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
337 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
338 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
339 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
340 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
341 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
342 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
343 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
344 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
345 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
346 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
347 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
348 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
349 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
350 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
351 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
353 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
355 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
358 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
359 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
360 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
361 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
362 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
363 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
364 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
365 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
366 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
368 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
369 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
370 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
371 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
372 this section. closes: Bug#248618
373 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
374 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
375 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
376 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
377 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
378 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
379 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
380 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
381 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
382 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
383 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
384 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
386 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
387 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
388 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
391 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
392 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
393 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
395 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
396 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
397 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
398 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
399 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
400 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
402 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
403 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
405 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
406 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
407 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
408 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
409 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
410 Closes: #185943, #237049
412 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
414 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
417 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
420 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
421 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
422 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
423 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
424 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
425 running. closes: Bug#187250
426 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
427 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
428 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
429 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
430 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
431 user closes: Bug#176506
433 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
435 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
438 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
439 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
440 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
441 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
442 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
443 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
444 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
445 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
446 deb-building toolchain.
447 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
448 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
449 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
450 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
451 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
452 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
453 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
454 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
455 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
456 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
457 sections about changelog files.
459 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
460 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
461 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
462 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
463 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
464 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
466 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
467 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
468 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
469 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
470 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
471 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
472 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
473 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
474 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
475 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
476 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
477 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
478 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
479 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
480 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
481 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
482 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
483 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
484 for the restructuring
486 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
488 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
491 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
493 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
494 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
495 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
496 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
497 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
498 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
500 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
501 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
502 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
503 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
504 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
505 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
506 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
508 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
509 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
510 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
511 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
513 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
515 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
518 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
519 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
520 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
521 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
522 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
523 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
525 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
526 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
527 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
528 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
530 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
531 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
532 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
533 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
534 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
535 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
536 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
537 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
538 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
540 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
541 script should start it, closes: #60979
542 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
543 "should", closes: #170019
544 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
545 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
546 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
547 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
548 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
549 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
550 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
551 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
554 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
556 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
559 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
560 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
561 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
562 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
563 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
564 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
565 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
566 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
567 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
569 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
570 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
571 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
572 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
573 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
574 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
575 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
576 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
577 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
579 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
580 file, closes: Bug#65764
582 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
584 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
586 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
587 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
588 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
589 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
590 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
591 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
592 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
593 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
594 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
595 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
596 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
597 details. closes: Bug#133030
598 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
599 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
602 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
604 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
606 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
607 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
608 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
609 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
610 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
611 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
612 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
613 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
614 not. closes: Bug#139820
615 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
616 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
617 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
618 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
619 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
620 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
621 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
622 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
623 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
624 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
626 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
628 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
629 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
630 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
631 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
632 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
633 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
634 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
635 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
636 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
637 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
638 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
639 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
640 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
641 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
642 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
643 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
644 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
645 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
646 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
647 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
649 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
650 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
651 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
652 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
653 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
654 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
655 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
657 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
658 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
659 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
660 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
661 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
662 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
663 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
664 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
665 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
667 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
669 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
671 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
672 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
673 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
674 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
675 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
676 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
677 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
678 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
679 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
680 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
681 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
682 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
683 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
684 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
685 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
686 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
687 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
688 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
689 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
690 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
691 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
692 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
693 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
695 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
697 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
699 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
700 medium, high, emergency.
701 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
702 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
703 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
704 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
705 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
708 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
709 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
710 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
712 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
713 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
714 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
715 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
716 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
717 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
718 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
721 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
723 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
725 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
726 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
727 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
728 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
730 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
731 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
732 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
733 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
734 debian/rules to do this
735 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
736 patches are incorporated upstream
737 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
738 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
739 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
740 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
741 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
742 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
744 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
745 system closes: Bug#91249
746 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
747 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
748 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
749 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
750 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
751 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
752 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
753 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
754 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
755 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
756 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
757 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
758 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
760 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
762 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
764 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
765 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
766 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
767 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
769 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
770 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
771 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
773 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
776 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
778 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
780 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
781 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
782 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
783 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
784 package for the time being
785 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
786 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
787 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
788 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
789 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
790 * Rename all .text files as .txt
791 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
792 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
793 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
794 Build-Depends arch syntax
795 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
797 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
798 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
800 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
801 from policy maintenance duties.
802 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
803 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
805 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
807 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
809 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
811 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
813 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
815 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
816 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
817 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
818 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
819 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
820 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
821 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
822 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
823 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
824 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
825 minor version number for this
826 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
827 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
828 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
829 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
830 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
831 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
832 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
833 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
834 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
836 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
838 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
840 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
841 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
842 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
843 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
844 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
846 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
848 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
849 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
850 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
851 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
852 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
853 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
854 xutils closes: Bug#82966
855 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
856 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
857 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
858 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
859 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
860 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
861 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
862 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
863 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
866 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
868 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
870 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
871 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
873 * Document the Enhances relationship
874 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
875 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
876 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
877 policy. closes: Bug#53496
878 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
879 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
881 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
883 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
884 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
885 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
886 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
888 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
889 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
890 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
891 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
892 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
894 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
896 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
898 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
899 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
900 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
902 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
903 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
904 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
905 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
906 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
907 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
908 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
909 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
910 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
912 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
914 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
916 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
918 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
919 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
920 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
921 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
922 policy. closes: Bug#64437
923 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
924 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
925 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
926 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
927 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
928 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
929 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
930 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
931 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
932 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
933 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
934 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
935 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
936 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
937 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
938 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
939 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
941 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
942 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
944 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
946 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
948 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
949 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
950 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
951 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
952 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
953 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
954 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
955 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
956 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
957 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
958 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
959 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
960 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
961 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
962 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
963 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
964 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
965 alternative closes: Bug#53755
966 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
967 list closes: Bug#53756
968 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
969 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
970 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
971 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
972 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
973 policy closes: Bug#53760
974 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
975 policy closes: Bug#53761
976 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
977 that use X closes: Bug#53762
978 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
979 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
980 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
981 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
982 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
983 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
984 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
985 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
986 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
988 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
989 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
990 to install with older fileutils.
991 * Installed FHS version 2.1
992 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
993 * Added FHS details to copyright file
994 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
996 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
997 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
999 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1001 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1003 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1004 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1006 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1008 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1010 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1011 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1013 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1016 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1018 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1019 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1021 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1023 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1025 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1027 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1028 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1030 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1032 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1034 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1035 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1036 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1037 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1038 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1039 directoried (closes: #41547)
1040 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1041 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1042 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1043 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1044 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1045 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1046 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1047 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1048 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1049 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1050 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1052 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1053 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1054 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1055 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1056 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1057 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1058 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1060 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1061 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1062 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1063 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1065 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1067 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1069 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1070 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1072 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1074 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1076 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1077 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1079 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1081 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1083 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1084 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1086 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1087 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1088 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1089 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1090 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1091 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1092 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1093 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1094 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1095 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1096 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1097 this closes: Bug#38612
1098 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1099 before. closes: Bug#40864
1101 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1103 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1105 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1106 officially uploaded.
1107 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1109 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1110 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1111 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1113 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1114 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1115 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1116 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1117 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1118 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1120 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1121 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1122 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1124 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1126 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1127 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1128 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1129 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1130 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1132 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1134 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1136 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1137 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1138 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1139 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1140 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1141 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1142 there). closes: Bug#34233
1143 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1144 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1145 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1146 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1147 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1149 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1151 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1153 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1154 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1155 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1156 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1159 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1160 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1161 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1162 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1163 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1166 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1167 number. closes: BUG#25911
1169 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1170 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1171 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1172 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1173 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1174 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1176 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1177 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1178 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1181 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1182 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1183 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1185 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1186 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1187 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1188 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1190 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1191 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1192 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1194 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1196 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1197 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1198 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1199 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1200 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1201 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1202 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1203 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1206 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1208 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1209 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1212 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1214 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1216 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1218 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1220 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1222 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1223 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1224 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1225 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1226 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1227 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1228 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1229 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1231 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1232 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1234 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1236 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1238 * non-maintainer release
1239 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1240 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1242 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1243 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1244 * no content changes
1245 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1247 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1249 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1253 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1255 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1257 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1259 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1260 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1261 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1263 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1264 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1266 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1267 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1268 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1269 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1271 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1272 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1273 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1274 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1275 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1276 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1277 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1279 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1280 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1281 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1284 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1285 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1286 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1288 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1289 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1290 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1292 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1293 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1295 * New version numbering scheme:
1297 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1298 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1299 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1302 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1303 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1304 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1305 differ between the manuals.
1307 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1308 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1309 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1310 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1312 * Packaging changes:
1314 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1315 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1317 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1319 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1321 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1323 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1325 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1326 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1327 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1329 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1330 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1333 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1334 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1335 file extension as the referenced file
1337 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1338 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1340 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1341 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1342 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1343 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1346 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1347 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1348 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1350 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1351 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1352 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1353 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1356 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1357 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1360 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1361 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1362 reasonable default configuration
1364 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1365 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1366 by all news servers and clients
1368 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1369 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1370 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1371 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1372 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1374 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1375 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1378 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1380 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1381 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1383 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1386 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1387 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1389 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1390 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1392 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1394 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1396 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1398 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1399 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1400 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1401 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1403 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1405 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1406 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1407 * Don't use debstd anymore
1409 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1411 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1413 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1414 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1415 contrib/non-free policy
1416 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1417 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1418 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1419 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1420 - new section about `Daemons'
1421 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1422 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1423 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1424 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1425 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1426 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1427 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1428 * SGML source code included in package
1429 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1431 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1433 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1435 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1436 - completely reworked structure
1437 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1438 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1439 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1440 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1441 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1442 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1443 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1444 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1445 - mention "orphaned packages"
1446 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1447 distributions' policy
1448 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1449 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1450 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1451 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1452 - added section about arch spec strings
1453 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1454 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1455 - added section about "menus"
1456 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1457 the new documentation policy soon
1458 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1459 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1461 - added section about editors and pagers
1462 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1463 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1464 - added section about device files
1465 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1466 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1467 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1469 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1470 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1471 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1472 - Added new section about obsolete names
1473 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1474 * Fixed package's description
1476 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1478 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1480 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1482 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1484 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1486 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1487 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1488 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1489 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1491 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1493 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1495 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1496 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1497 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1499 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1500 and upload it "byhand" too.
1502 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1504 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1507 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1508 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1509 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1510 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1511 functionality must not have the same name.
1512 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1513 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1514 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1515 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1516 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1517 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1518 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1520 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1521 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1522 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1523 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1524 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1525 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1526 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1527 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1530 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1532 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1534 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1536 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1537 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1538 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1539 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1540 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1543 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1545 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1547 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1549 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1550 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1551 description of deb file format.
1552 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1553 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1555 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1557 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1558 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1560 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1562 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1564 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1565 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1566 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1567 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1568 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1569 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1570 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1571 packages in section on Procedure
1572 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1573 a package maintainer
1574 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1575 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1576 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1578 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1579 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1580 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1581 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1582 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1583 on various shlib files
1584 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1585 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1586 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1588 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1590 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1592 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1593 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1594 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1596 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1597 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1598 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1599 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1600 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1602 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1604 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1606 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1608 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1610 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1611 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1612 compatibility go in contrib.
1614 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1615 instructions in policy manual.
1616 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1619 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1621 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1623 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1624 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1625 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1626 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1628 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1629 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1632 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1634 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1636 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1637 * More detail about changelog format names.
1639 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1640 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1644 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1646 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1648 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1650 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1652 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1654 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1656 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1658 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1659 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1660 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1662 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1664 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1666 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1668 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1670 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1674 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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