1 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
7 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
9 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
10 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
14 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
15 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
19 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
20 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
22 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
24 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
25 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
27 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
29 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
30 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
32 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
34 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
35 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
36 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
37 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
39 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
41 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
42 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
43 * Add Pre-Depends and Build-Depends-Indep to the relationships not
44 allowed from main to contrib or non-free and mention that such
45 relationships are okay if the non-free package is only an
46 alternative. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #587279)
47 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
48 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
49 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
51 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:34:54 -0700
53 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
56 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
59 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
62 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
63 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
64 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
65 and distribution license' (three times).
66 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
67 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
68 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
69 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
70 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
72 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
74 Proposed by Santiago Vila
75 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
76 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
77 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
78 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
82 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
83 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
84 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
85 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
87 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
88 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
89 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
90 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
91 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
92 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
94 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
95 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
96 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
97 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
99 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
100 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
101 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
102 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
103 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
105 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
106 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
107 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
108 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
109 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
111 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
112 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
113 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
114 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
115 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
117 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
118 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
119 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
120 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
122 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
123 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
124 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
125 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
126 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
128 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
129 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
130 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
131 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
133 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
134 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
135 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
136 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
138 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
139 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
140 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
141 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
142 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
144 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
145 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
146 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
147 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
149 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
150 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
151 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
152 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
153 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
155 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
156 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
157 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
158 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
160 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
161 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
162 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
163 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
164 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
165 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
166 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
167 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
168 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
169 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
170 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
171 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
172 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
173 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
174 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
175 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
176 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
177 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
178 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
179 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
180 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
181 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
182 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
183 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
184 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
185 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
186 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
187 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
188 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
189 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
190 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
191 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
193 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
195 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
197 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
200 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
201 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
203 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
204 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
208 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
211 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
212 Wording: Steve Langasek.
213 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
214 Seconded: Julien Cristau
215 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
218 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
219 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
220 Seconded: Russ Allbery
221 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
224 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
225 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
226 Seconded: Russ Allbery
228 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
229 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
230 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
231 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
232 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
233 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
234 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
235 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
236 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
238 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
239 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
240 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
241 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
242 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
243 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
244 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
245 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
246 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
247 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
248 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
249 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
250 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
251 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
252 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
253 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
255 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
256 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
257 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
258 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
259 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
261 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
264 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
265 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
266 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
267 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
268 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
269 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
272 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
274 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
276 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
277 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
278 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
279 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
281 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
282 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
283 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
284 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
286 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
287 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
288 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
289 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
291 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
292 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
293 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
294 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
295 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
296 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
298 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
299 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
300 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
301 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
302 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
304 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
305 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
306 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
307 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
309 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
310 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
311 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
312 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
314 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
315 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
316 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
317 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
319 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
320 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
321 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
322 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
324 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
325 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
326 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
327 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
329 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
330 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
331 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
332 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
333 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
334 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
335 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
336 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
337 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
338 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
339 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
340 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
341 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
342 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
343 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
345 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
346 Source field descriptions.
347 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
348 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
349 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
350 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
351 description says otherwise.
353 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
355 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
358 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
359 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
360 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
361 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
362 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
363 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
365 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
366 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
367 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
368 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
370 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
371 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
372 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
373 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
375 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
376 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
377 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
378 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
380 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
381 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
382 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
383 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
387 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
388 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
389 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
390 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
391 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
393 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
394 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
395 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
396 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
398 * Add myself to Uploaders.
401 * Add myself to Uploaders.
402 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
404 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
405 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
406 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
408 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
410 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
412 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
413 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
414 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
415 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
417 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
418 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
419 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
420 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
422 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
423 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
424 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
425 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
427 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
428 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
429 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
430 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
432 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
433 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
434 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
435 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
437 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
438 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
439 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
440 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
442 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
443 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
444 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
445 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
447 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
448 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
449 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
450 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
452 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
453 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
454 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
455 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
457 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
458 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
459 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
460 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
462 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
463 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
464 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
465 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
466 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
468 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
469 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
470 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
471 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
472 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
473 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
474 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
475 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
476 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
477 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
478 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
479 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
480 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
481 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
482 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
483 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
484 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
485 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
486 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
487 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
488 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
489 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
490 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
491 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
492 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
493 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
494 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
495 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
496 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
497 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
499 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
500 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
501 links was completed long ago.
502 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
504 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
506 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
508 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
509 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
511 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
513 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
515 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
516 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
517 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
518 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
519 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
520 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
521 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
522 Millan (Closes: #209008).
523 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
524 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
526 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
528 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
530 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
531 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
532 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
533 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
534 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
535 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
536 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
538 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
539 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
540 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
541 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
543 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
544 Küster (Closes: #403391).
545 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
546 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
547 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
548 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
549 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
550 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
551 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
552 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
553 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
554 Closes: #186700, #458910
555 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
556 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
557 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
559 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
560 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
561 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
562 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
563 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
564 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
565 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
566 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
568 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
569 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
571 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
572 * Add an md5sums control file.
573 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
574 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
575 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
576 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
577 currently part of policy.
578 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
579 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
580 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
583 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
585 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
587 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
588 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
589 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
590 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
591 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
592 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
593 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
594 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
595 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
596 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
597 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
598 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
599 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
600 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
601 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
602 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
604 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
606 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
607 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
608 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
610 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
611 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
612 list?" (Closes: #412634).
613 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
614 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
615 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
616 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
617 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
618 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
619 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
620 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
621 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
622 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
623 debconf specification.
624 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
625 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
627 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
629 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
631 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
632 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
633 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
634 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
635 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
637 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
639 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
640 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
641 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
642 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
643 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
645 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
646 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
647 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
648 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
649 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
650 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
651 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
652 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
653 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
654 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
655 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
656 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
657 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
658 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
659 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
660 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
662 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
664 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
665 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
666 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
667 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
668 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
669 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
670 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
671 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
673 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
675 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
677 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
678 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
679 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
680 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
681 Polo (Closes: #372497).
682 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
683 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
685 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
686 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
687 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
688 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
689 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
690 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
691 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
692 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
693 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
694 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
696 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
697 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
698 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
699 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
700 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
701 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
703 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
705 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
707 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
708 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
709 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
710 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
712 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
713 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
715 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
717 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
719 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
720 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
721 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
722 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
723 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
724 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
725 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
726 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
727 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
728 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
730 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
731 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
732 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
733 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
734 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
735 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
736 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
737 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
738 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
739 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
740 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
743 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
745 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
747 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
748 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
749 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
750 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
751 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
752 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
753 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
754 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
755 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
756 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
757 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
758 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
759 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
760 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
761 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
762 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
763 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
764 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
765 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
766 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
767 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
768 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
769 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
770 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
771 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
772 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
773 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
774 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
776 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
777 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
778 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
779 Hess (Closes: #362247).
780 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
781 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
782 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
783 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
784 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
785 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
786 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
787 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
788 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
789 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
790 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
791 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
793 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
794 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
796 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
797 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
798 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
799 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
800 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
801 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
802 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
803 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
804 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
805 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
806 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
808 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
810 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
813 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
814 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
815 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
816 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
817 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
818 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
819 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
820 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
821 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
822 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
823 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
824 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
825 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
827 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
828 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
829 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
830 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
831 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
832 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
833 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
834 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
835 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
836 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
837 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
838 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
839 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
840 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
841 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
842 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
843 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
844 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
845 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
848 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
850 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
852 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
853 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
854 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
855 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
857 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
858 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
859 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
860 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
862 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
864 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
867 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
868 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
869 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
870 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
871 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
872 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
873 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
874 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
875 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
876 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
878 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
879 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
880 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
882 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
883 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
884 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
885 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
886 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
887 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
888 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
890 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
891 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
892 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
893 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
895 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
896 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
897 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
898 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
899 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
900 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
901 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
902 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
904 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
905 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
906 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
907 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
908 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
909 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
910 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
911 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
912 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
913 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
914 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
915 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
916 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
917 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
918 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
919 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
920 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
922 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
924 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
927 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
928 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
929 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
930 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
931 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
932 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
933 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
934 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
935 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
937 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
938 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
939 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
940 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
941 this section. closes: Bug#248618
942 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
943 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
944 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
945 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
946 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
947 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
948 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
949 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
950 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
951 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
952 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
953 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
955 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
956 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
957 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
960 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
961 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
962 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
964 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
965 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
966 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
967 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
968 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
969 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
971 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
972 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
974 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
975 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
976 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
977 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
978 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
979 Closes: #185943, #237049
981 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
983 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
986 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
989 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
990 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
991 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
992 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
993 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
994 running. closes: Bug#187250
995 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
996 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
997 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
998 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
999 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1000 user closes: Bug#176506
1002 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1004 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1007 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1008 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1009 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1010 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1011 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1012 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1013 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1014 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1015 deb-building toolchain.
1016 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1017 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1018 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1019 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1020 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1021 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1022 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1023 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1024 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1025 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1026 sections about changelog files.
1028 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1029 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1030 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1031 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1032 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1033 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1035 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1036 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1037 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1038 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1039 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1040 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1041 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1042 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1043 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1044 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1045 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1046 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1047 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1048 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1049 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1050 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1051 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1052 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1053 for the restructuring
1055 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1057 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1060 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1062 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1063 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1064 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1065 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1066 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1067 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1069 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1070 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1071 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1072 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1073 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1074 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1075 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1077 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1078 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1079 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1080 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1082 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1084 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1087 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1088 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1089 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1090 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1091 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1092 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1094 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1095 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1096 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1097 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1099 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1100 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1101 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1102 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1103 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1104 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1105 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1106 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1107 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1108 offtopic stuff, too.
1109 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1110 script should start it, closes: #60979
1111 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1112 "should", closes: #170019
1113 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1114 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1115 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1116 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1117 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1118 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1119 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1120 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1123 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1125 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1128 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1129 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1130 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1131 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1132 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1133 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1134 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1135 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1136 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1138 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1139 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1140 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1141 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1142 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1143 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1144 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1145 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1146 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1148 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1149 file, closes: Bug#65764
1151 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1153 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1155 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1156 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1157 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1158 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1159 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1160 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1161 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1162 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1163 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1164 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1165 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1166 details. closes: Bug#133030
1167 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1168 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1169 parts of Bug#161455.
1171 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1173 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1175 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1176 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1177 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1178 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1179 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1180 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1181 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1182 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1183 not. closes: Bug#139820
1184 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1185 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1186 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1187 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1188 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1189 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1190 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1191 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1192 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1193 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1195 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1197 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1198 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1199 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1200 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1201 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1202 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1203 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1204 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1205 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1206 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1207 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1208 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1209 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1210 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1211 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1212 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1213 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1214 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1215 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1216 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1218 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1219 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1220 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1221 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1222 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1223 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1224 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1226 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1227 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1228 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1229 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1230 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1231 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1232 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1233 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1234 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1236 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1238 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1240 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1241 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1242 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1243 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1244 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1245 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1246 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1247 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1248 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1249 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1250 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1251 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1252 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1253 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1254 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1255 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1256 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1257 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1258 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1259 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1260 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1261 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1262 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1264 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1266 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1268 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1269 medium, high, emergency.
1270 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1271 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1272 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1273 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1274 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1277 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1278 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1279 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1281 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1282 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1283 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1284 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1285 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1286 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1287 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1290 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1292 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1294 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1295 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1296 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1297 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1299 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1300 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1301 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1302 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1303 debian/rules to do this
1304 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1305 patches are incorporated upstream
1306 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1307 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1308 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1309 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1310 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1311 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1313 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1314 system closes: Bug#91249
1315 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1316 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1317 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1318 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1319 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1320 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1321 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1322 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1323 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1324 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1325 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1326 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1327 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1329 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1331 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1333 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1334 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1335 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1336 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1338 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1339 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1340 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1342 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1345 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1347 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1349 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1350 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1351 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1352 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1353 package for the time being
1354 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1355 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1356 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1357 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1358 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1359 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1360 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1361 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1362 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1363 Build-Depends arch syntax
1364 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1366 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1367 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1369 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1370 from policy maintenance duties.
1371 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1372 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1374 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1376 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1378 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1380 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1382 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1384 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1385 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1386 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1387 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1388 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1389 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1390 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1391 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1392 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1393 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1394 minor version number for this
1395 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1396 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1397 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1398 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1399 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1400 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1401 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1402 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1403 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1405 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1407 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1409 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1410 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1411 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1412 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1413 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1415 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1417 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1418 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1419 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1420 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1421 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1422 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1423 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1424 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1425 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1426 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1427 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1428 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1429 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1430 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1431 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1432 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1435 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1437 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1439 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1440 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1442 * Document the Enhances relationship
1443 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1444 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1445 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1446 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1447 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1448 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1450 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1452 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1453 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1454 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1455 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1457 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1458 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1459 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1460 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1461 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1463 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1465 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1467 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1468 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1469 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1471 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1472 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1473 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1474 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1475 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1476 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1477 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1478 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1479 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1481 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1483 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1485 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1487 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1488 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1489 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1490 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1491 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1492 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1493 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1494 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1495 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1496 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1497 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1498 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1499 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1500 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1501 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1502 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1503 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1504 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1505 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1506 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1507 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1508 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1510 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1511 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1513 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1515 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1517 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1518 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1519 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1520 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1521 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1522 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1523 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1524 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1525 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1526 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1527 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1528 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1529 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1530 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1531 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1532 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1533 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1534 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1535 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1536 list closes: Bug#53756
1537 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1538 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1539 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1540 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1541 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1542 policy closes: Bug#53760
1543 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1544 policy closes: Bug#53761
1545 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1546 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1547 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1548 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1549 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1550 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1551 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1552 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1553 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1554 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1555 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1557 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1558 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1559 to install with older fileutils.
1560 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1561 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1562 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1563 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1565 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1566 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1568 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1570 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1572 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1573 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1575 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1577 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1579 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1580 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1582 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1585 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1587 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1588 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1590 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1592 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1594 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1596 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1597 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1599 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1601 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1603 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1604 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1605 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1606 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1607 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1608 directoried (closes: #41547)
1609 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1610 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1611 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1612 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1613 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1614 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1615 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1616 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1617 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1618 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1619 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1621 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1622 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1623 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1624 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1625 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1626 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1627 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1629 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1630 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1631 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1632 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1634 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1636 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1638 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1639 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1641 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1643 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1645 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1646 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1648 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1650 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1652 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1653 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1655 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1656 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1657 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1658 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1659 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1660 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1661 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1662 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1663 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1664 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1665 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1666 this closes: Bug#38612
1667 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1668 before. closes: Bug#40864
1670 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1672 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1674 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1675 officially uploaded.
1676 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1678 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1679 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1680 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1682 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1683 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1684 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1685 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1686 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1687 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1689 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1690 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1691 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1693 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1695 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1696 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1697 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1698 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1699 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1701 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1703 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1705 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1706 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1707 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1708 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1709 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1710 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1711 there). closes: Bug#34233
1712 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1713 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1714 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1715 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1716 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1718 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1720 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1722 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1723 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1724 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1725 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1728 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1729 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1730 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1731 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1732 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1735 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1736 number. closes: BUG#25911
1738 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1739 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1740 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1741 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1742 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1743 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1745 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1746 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1747 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1750 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1751 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1752 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1754 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1755 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1756 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1757 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1759 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1760 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1761 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1763 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1765 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1766 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1767 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1768 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1769 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1770 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1771 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1772 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1775 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1777 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1778 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1781 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1783 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1785 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1787 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1789 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1791 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1792 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1793 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1794 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1795 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1796 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1797 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1798 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1800 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1801 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1803 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1805 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1807 * non-maintainer release
1808 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1809 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1811 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1812 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1813 * no content changes
1814 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1816 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1818 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1822 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1824 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1826 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1828 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1829 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1830 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1832 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1833 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1835 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1836 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1837 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1838 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1840 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1841 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1842 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1843 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1844 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1845 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1846 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1848 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1849 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1850 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1853 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1854 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1855 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1857 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1858 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1859 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1861 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1862 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1864 * New version numbering scheme:
1866 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1867 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1868 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1871 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1872 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1873 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1874 differ between the manuals.
1876 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1877 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1878 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1879 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1881 * Packaging changes:
1883 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1884 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1886 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1888 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1890 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1892 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1894 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1895 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1896 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1898 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1899 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1902 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1903 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1904 file extension as the referenced file
1906 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1907 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1909 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1910 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1911 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1912 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1915 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1916 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1917 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1919 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1920 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1921 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1922 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1925 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1926 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1929 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1930 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1931 reasonable default configuration
1933 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1934 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1935 by all news servers and clients
1937 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1938 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1939 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1940 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1941 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1943 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1944 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1947 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1949 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1950 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1952 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1955 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1956 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1958 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1959 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1961 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1963 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1965 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1967 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1968 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1969 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1970 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1972 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1974 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1975 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1976 * Don't use debstd anymore
1978 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1980 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1982 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1983 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1984 contrib/non-free policy
1985 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1986 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1987 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1988 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1989 - new section about `Daemons'
1990 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1991 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1992 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1993 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1994 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1995 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1996 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1997 * SGML source code included in package
1998 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2000 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2002 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2004 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2005 - completely reworked structure
2006 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2007 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2008 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2009 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2010 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2011 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2012 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2013 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2014 - mention "orphaned packages"
2015 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2016 distributions' policy
2017 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2018 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2019 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2020 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2021 - added section about arch spec strings
2022 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2023 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2024 - added section about "menus"
2025 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2026 the new documentation policy soon
2027 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2028 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2030 - added section about editors and pagers
2031 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2032 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2033 - added section about device files
2034 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2035 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2036 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2038 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2039 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2040 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2041 - Added new section about obsolete names
2042 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2043 * Fixed package's description
2045 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2047 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2049 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2051 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2053 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2055 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2056 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2057 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2058 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2060 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2062 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2064 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2065 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2066 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2068 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2069 and upload it "byhand" too.
2071 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2073 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2076 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2077 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2078 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2079 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2080 functionality must not have the same name.
2081 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2082 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2083 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2084 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2085 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2086 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2087 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2089 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2090 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2091 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2092 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2093 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2094 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2095 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2096 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2099 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2101 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2103 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2105 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2106 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2107 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2108 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2109 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2112 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2114 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2116 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2118 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2119 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2120 description of deb file format.
2121 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2122 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2124 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2126 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2127 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2129 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2131 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2133 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2134 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2135 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2136 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2137 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2138 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2139 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2140 packages in section on Procedure
2141 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2142 a package maintainer
2143 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2144 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2145 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2147 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2148 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2149 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2150 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2151 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2152 on various shlib files
2153 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2154 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2155 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2157 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2159 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2161 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2162 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2163 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2165 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2166 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2167 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2168 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2169 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2171 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2173 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2175 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2177 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2179 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2180 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2181 compatibility go in contrib.
2183 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2184 instructions in policy manual.
2185 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2188 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2190 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2192 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2193 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2194 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2195 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2197 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2198 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2201 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2203 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2205 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2206 * More detail about changelog format names.
2208 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2209 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2213 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2215 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2217 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2219 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2221 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2223 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2225 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2227 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2228 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2229 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2231 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2233 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2235 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2237 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2239 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2243 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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