1 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
7 Closes: #459868, #581011
8 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
9 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
11 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
13 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
14 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
18 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
19 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
20 machine. (Closes: #591857)
21 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
22 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
23 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
24 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
25 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
26 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
27 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
28 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
29 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
30 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
31 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
32 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
33 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
34 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
35 than the version in oldstable.
36 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
37 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
38 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
39 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
41 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:47:47 -0700
43 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
45 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
46 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
47 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
48 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
49 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
51 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
52 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
53 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
54 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
56 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
57 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
58 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
59 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
61 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
62 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
63 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
64 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
65 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
66 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
67 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
68 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
69 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
71 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
72 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
73 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
74 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
76 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
77 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
78 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
79 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
81 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
82 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
83 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
84 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
86 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
87 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
88 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
89 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
91 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
92 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
93 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
94 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
95 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
97 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
98 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
99 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
100 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
101 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
103 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
104 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
105 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
106 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
108 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
109 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
110 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
111 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
113 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
114 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
115 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
116 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
118 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
119 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
120 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
121 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
123 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
124 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
125 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
126 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
128 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
129 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
130 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
131 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
133 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
135 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
136 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
137 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
138 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
139 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
140 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
141 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
142 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
143 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
145 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
146 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
147 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
148 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
149 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
150 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
152 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
154 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
157 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
160 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
163 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
164 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
165 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
166 and distribution license' (three times).
167 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
168 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
169 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
170 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
171 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
173 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
175 Proposed by Santiago Vila
176 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
177 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
178 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
179 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
183 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
184 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
185 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
186 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
188 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
189 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
190 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
191 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
192 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
193 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
195 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
196 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
197 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
198 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
200 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
201 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
202 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
203 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
204 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
206 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
207 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
208 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
209 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
210 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
212 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
213 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
214 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
215 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
216 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
218 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
219 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
220 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
221 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
223 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
224 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
225 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
226 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
227 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
229 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
230 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
231 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
232 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
234 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
235 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
236 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
237 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
239 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
240 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
241 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
242 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
243 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
245 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
246 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
247 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
248 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
250 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
251 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
252 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
253 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
254 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
256 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
257 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
258 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
259 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
261 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
262 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
263 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
264 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
265 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
266 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
267 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
268 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
269 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
270 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
271 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
272 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
273 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
274 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
275 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
276 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
277 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
278 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
279 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
280 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
281 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
282 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
283 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
284 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
285 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
286 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
287 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
288 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
289 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
290 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
291 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
292 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
294 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
296 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
298 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
301 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
302 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
304 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
305 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
309 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
312 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
313 Wording: Steve Langasek.
314 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
315 Seconded: Julien Cristau
316 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
319 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
320 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
321 Seconded: Russ Allbery
322 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
325 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
326 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
327 Seconded: Russ Allbery
329 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
330 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
331 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
332 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
333 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
334 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
335 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
336 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
337 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
339 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
340 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
341 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
342 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
343 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
344 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
345 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
346 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
347 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
348 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
349 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
350 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
351 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
352 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
353 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
354 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
356 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
357 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
358 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
359 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
360 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
362 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
365 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
366 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
367 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
368 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
369 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
370 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
373 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
375 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
377 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
378 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
379 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
380 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
382 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
383 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
384 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
385 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
387 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
388 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
389 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
390 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
392 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
393 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
394 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
395 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
396 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
397 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
399 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
400 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
401 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
402 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
403 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
405 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
406 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
407 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
408 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
410 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
411 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
412 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
413 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
415 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
416 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
417 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
418 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
420 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
421 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
422 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
423 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
425 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
426 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
427 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
428 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
430 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
431 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
432 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
433 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
434 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
435 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
436 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
437 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
438 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
439 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
440 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
441 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
442 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
443 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
444 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
446 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
447 Source field descriptions.
448 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
449 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
450 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
451 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
452 description says otherwise.
454 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
456 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
459 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
460 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
461 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
462 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
463 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
464 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
466 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
467 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
468 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
469 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
471 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
472 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
473 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
474 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
476 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
477 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
478 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
479 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
481 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
482 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
483 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
484 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
488 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
489 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
490 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
491 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
492 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
494 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
495 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
496 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
497 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
499 * Add myself to Uploaders.
502 * Add myself to Uploaders.
503 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
505 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
506 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
507 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
509 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
511 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
513 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
514 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
515 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
516 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
518 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
519 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
520 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
521 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
523 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
524 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
525 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
526 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
528 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
529 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
530 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
531 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
533 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
534 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
535 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
536 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
538 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
539 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
540 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
541 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
543 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
544 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
545 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
546 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
548 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
549 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
550 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
551 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
553 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
554 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
555 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
556 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
558 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
559 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
560 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
561 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
563 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
564 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
565 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
566 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
567 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
569 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
570 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
571 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
572 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
573 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
574 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
575 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
576 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
577 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
578 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
579 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
580 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
581 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
582 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
583 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
584 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
585 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
586 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
587 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
588 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
589 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
590 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
591 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
592 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
593 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
594 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
595 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
596 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
597 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
598 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
600 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
601 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
602 links was completed long ago.
603 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
605 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
607 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
609 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
610 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
612 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
614 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
616 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
617 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
618 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
619 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
620 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
621 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
622 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
623 Millan (Closes: #209008).
624 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
625 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
627 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
629 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
631 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
632 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
633 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
634 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
635 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
636 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
637 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
639 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
640 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
641 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
642 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
644 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
645 Küster (Closes: #403391).
646 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
647 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
648 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
649 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
650 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
651 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
652 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
653 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
654 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
655 Closes: #186700, #458910
656 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
657 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
658 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
660 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
661 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
662 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
663 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
664 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
665 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
666 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
667 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
669 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
670 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
672 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
673 * Add an md5sums control file.
674 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
675 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
676 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
677 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
678 currently part of policy.
679 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
680 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
681 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
684 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
686 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
688 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
689 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
690 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
691 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
692 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
693 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
694 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
695 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
696 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
697 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
698 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
699 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
700 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
701 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
702 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
703 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
705 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
707 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
708 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
709 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
711 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
712 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
713 list?" (Closes: #412634).
714 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
715 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
716 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
717 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
718 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
719 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
720 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
721 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
722 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
723 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
724 debconf specification.
725 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
726 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
728 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
730 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
732 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
733 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
734 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
735 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
736 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
738 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
740 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
741 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
742 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
743 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
744 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
746 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
747 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
748 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
749 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
750 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
751 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
752 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
753 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
754 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
755 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
756 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
757 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
758 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
759 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
760 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
761 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
763 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
765 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
766 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
767 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
768 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
769 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
770 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
771 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
772 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
774 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
776 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
778 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
779 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
780 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
781 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
782 Polo (Closes: #372497).
783 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
784 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
786 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
787 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
788 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
789 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
790 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
791 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
792 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
793 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
794 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
795 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
797 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
798 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
799 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
800 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
801 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
802 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
804 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
806 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
808 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
809 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
810 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
811 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
813 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
814 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
816 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
818 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
820 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
821 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
822 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
823 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
824 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
825 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
826 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
827 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
828 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
829 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
831 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
832 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
833 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
834 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
835 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
836 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
837 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
838 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
839 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
840 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
841 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
844 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
846 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
848 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
849 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
850 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
851 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
852 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
853 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
854 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
855 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
856 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
857 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
858 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
859 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
860 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
861 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
862 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
863 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
864 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
865 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
866 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
867 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
868 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
869 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
870 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
871 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
872 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
873 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
874 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
875 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
877 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
878 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
879 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
880 Hess (Closes: #362247).
881 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
882 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
883 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
884 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
885 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
886 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
887 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
888 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
889 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
890 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
891 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
892 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
894 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
895 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
897 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
898 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
899 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
900 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
901 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
902 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
903 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
904 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
905 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
906 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
907 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
909 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
911 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
914 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
915 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
916 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
917 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
918 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
919 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
920 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
921 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
922 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
923 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
924 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
925 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
926 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
928 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
929 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
930 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
931 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
932 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
933 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
934 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
935 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
936 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
937 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
938 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
939 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
940 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
941 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
942 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
943 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
944 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
945 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
946 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
949 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
951 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
953 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
954 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
955 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
956 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
958 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
959 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
960 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
961 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
963 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
965 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
968 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
969 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
970 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
971 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
972 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
973 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
974 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
975 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
976 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
977 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
979 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
980 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
981 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
983 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
984 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
985 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
986 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
987 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
988 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
989 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
991 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
992 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
993 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
994 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
996 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
997 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
998 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
999 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1000 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1001 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1002 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1003 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1005 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1006 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1007 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1008 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1009 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1010 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1011 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1012 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1013 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1014 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1015 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1016 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1017 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1018 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1019 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1020 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1021 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1023 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1025 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1028 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1029 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1030 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1031 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1032 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1033 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1034 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1035 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1036 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1038 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1039 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1040 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1041 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1042 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1043 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1044 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1045 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1046 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1047 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1048 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1049 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1050 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1051 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1052 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1053 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1054 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1056 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1057 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1058 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1061 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1062 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1063 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1065 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1066 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1067 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1068 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1069 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1070 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1072 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1073 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1075 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1076 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1077 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1078 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1079 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1080 Closes: #185943, #237049
1082 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1084 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1087 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1090 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1091 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1092 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1093 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1094 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1095 running. closes: Bug#187250
1096 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1097 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1098 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1099 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1100 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1101 user closes: Bug#176506
1103 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1105 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1108 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1109 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1110 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1111 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1112 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1113 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1114 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1115 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1116 deb-building toolchain.
1117 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1118 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1119 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1120 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1121 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1122 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1123 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1124 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1125 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1126 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1127 sections about changelog files.
1129 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1130 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1131 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1132 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1133 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1134 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1136 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1137 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1138 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1139 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1140 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1141 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1142 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1143 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1144 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1145 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1146 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1147 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1148 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1149 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1150 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1151 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1152 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1153 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1154 for the restructuring
1156 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1158 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1161 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1163 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1164 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1165 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1166 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1167 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1168 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1170 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1171 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1172 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1173 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1174 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1175 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1176 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1178 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1179 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1180 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1181 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1183 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1185 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1188 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1189 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1190 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1191 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1192 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1193 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1195 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1196 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1197 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1198 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1200 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1201 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1202 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1203 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1204 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1205 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1206 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1207 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1208 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1209 offtopic stuff, too.
1210 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1211 script should start it, closes: #60979
1212 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1213 "should", closes: #170019
1214 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1215 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1216 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1217 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1218 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1219 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1220 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1221 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1224 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1226 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1229 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1230 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1231 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1232 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1233 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1234 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1235 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1236 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1237 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1239 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1240 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1241 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1242 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1243 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1244 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1245 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1246 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1247 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1249 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1250 file, closes: Bug#65764
1252 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1254 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1256 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1257 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1258 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1259 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1260 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1261 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1262 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1263 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1264 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1265 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1266 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1267 details. closes: Bug#133030
1268 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1269 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1270 parts of Bug#161455.
1272 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1274 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1276 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1277 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1278 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1279 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1280 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1281 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1282 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1283 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1284 not. closes: Bug#139820
1285 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1286 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1287 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1288 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1289 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1290 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1291 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1292 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1293 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1294 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1296 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1298 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1299 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1300 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1301 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1302 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1303 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1304 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1305 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1306 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1307 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1308 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1309 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1310 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1311 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1312 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1313 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1314 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1315 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1316 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1317 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1319 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1320 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1321 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1322 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1323 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1324 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1325 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1327 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1328 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1329 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1330 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1331 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1332 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1333 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1334 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1335 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1337 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1339 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1341 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1342 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1343 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1344 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1345 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1346 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1347 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1348 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1349 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1350 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1351 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1352 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1353 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1354 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1355 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1356 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1357 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1358 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1359 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1360 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1361 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1362 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1363 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1365 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1367 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1369 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1370 medium, high, emergency.
1371 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1372 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1373 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1374 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1375 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1378 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1379 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1380 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1382 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1383 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1384 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1385 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1386 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1387 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1388 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1391 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1393 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1395 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1396 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1397 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1398 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1400 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1401 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1402 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1403 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1404 debian/rules to do this
1405 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1406 patches are incorporated upstream
1407 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1408 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1409 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1410 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1411 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1412 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1414 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1415 system closes: Bug#91249
1416 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1417 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1418 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1419 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1420 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1421 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1422 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1423 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1424 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1425 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1426 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1427 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1428 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1430 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1432 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1434 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1435 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1436 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1437 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1439 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1440 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1441 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1443 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1446 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1448 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1450 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1451 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1452 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1453 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1454 package for the time being
1455 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1456 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1457 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1458 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1459 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1460 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1461 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1462 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1463 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1464 Build-Depends arch syntax
1465 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1467 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1468 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1470 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1471 from policy maintenance duties.
1472 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1473 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1475 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1477 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1479 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1481 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1483 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1485 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1486 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1487 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1488 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1489 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1490 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1491 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1492 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1493 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1494 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1495 minor version number for this
1496 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1497 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1498 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1499 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1500 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1501 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1502 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1503 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1504 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1506 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1508 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1510 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1511 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1512 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1513 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1514 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1516 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1518 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1519 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1520 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1521 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1522 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1523 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1524 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1525 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1526 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1527 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1528 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1529 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1530 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1531 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1532 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1533 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1536 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1538 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1540 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1541 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1543 * Document the Enhances relationship
1544 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1545 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1546 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1547 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1548 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1549 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1551 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1553 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1554 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1555 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1556 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1558 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1559 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1560 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1561 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1562 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1564 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1566 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1568 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1569 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1570 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1572 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1573 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1574 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1575 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1576 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1577 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1578 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1579 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1580 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1582 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1584 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1586 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1588 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1589 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1590 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1591 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1592 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1593 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1594 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1595 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1596 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1597 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1598 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1599 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1600 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1601 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1602 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1603 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1604 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1605 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1606 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1607 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1608 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1609 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1611 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1612 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1614 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1616 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1618 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1619 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1620 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1621 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1622 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1623 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1624 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1625 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1626 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1627 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1628 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1629 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1630 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1631 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1632 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1633 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1634 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1635 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1636 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1637 list closes: Bug#53756
1638 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1639 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1640 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1641 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1642 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1643 policy closes: Bug#53760
1644 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1645 policy closes: Bug#53761
1646 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1647 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1648 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1649 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1650 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1651 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1652 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1653 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1654 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1655 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1656 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1658 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1659 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1660 to install with older fileutils.
1661 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1662 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1663 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1664 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1666 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1667 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1669 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1671 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1673 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1674 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1676 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1678 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1680 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1681 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1683 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1686 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1688 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1689 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1691 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1693 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1695 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1697 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1698 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1700 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1702 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1704 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1705 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1706 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1707 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1708 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1709 directoried (closes: #41547)
1710 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1711 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1712 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1713 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1714 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1715 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1716 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1717 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1718 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1719 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1720 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1722 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1723 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1724 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1725 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1726 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1727 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1728 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1730 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1731 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1732 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1733 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1735 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1737 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1739 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1740 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1742 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1744 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1746 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1747 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1749 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1751 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1753 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1754 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1756 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1757 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1758 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1759 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1760 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1761 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1762 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1763 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1764 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1765 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1766 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1767 this closes: Bug#38612
1768 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1769 before. closes: Bug#40864
1771 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1773 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1775 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1776 officially uploaded.
1777 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1779 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1780 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1781 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1783 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1784 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1785 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1786 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1787 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1788 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1790 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1791 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1792 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1794 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1796 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1797 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1798 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1799 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1800 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1802 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1804 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1806 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1807 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1808 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1809 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1810 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1811 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1812 there). closes: Bug#34233
1813 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1814 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1815 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1816 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1817 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1819 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1821 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1823 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1824 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1825 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1826 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1829 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1830 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1831 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1832 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1833 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1836 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1837 number. closes: BUG#25911
1839 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1840 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1841 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1842 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1843 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1844 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1846 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1847 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1848 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1851 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1852 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1853 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1855 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1856 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1857 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1858 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1860 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1861 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1862 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1864 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1866 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1867 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1868 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1869 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1870 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1871 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1872 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1873 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1876 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1878 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1879 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1882 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1884 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1886 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1888 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1890 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1892 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1893 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1894 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1895 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1896 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1897 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1898 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1899 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1901 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1902 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1904 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1906 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1908 * non-maintainer release
1909 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1910 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1912 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1913 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1914 * no content changes
1915 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1917 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1919 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1923 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1925 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1927 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1929 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1930 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1931 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1933 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1934 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1936 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1937 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1938 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1939 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1941 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1942 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1943 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1944 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1945 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1946 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1947 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1949 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1950 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1951 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1954 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1955 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1956 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1958 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1959 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1960 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1962 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1963 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1965 * New version numbering scheme:
1967 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1968 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1969 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1972 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1973 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1974 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1975 differ between the manuals.
1977 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1978 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1979 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1980 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1982 * Packaging changes:
1984 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1985 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1987 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1989 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1991 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1993 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1995 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1996 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1997 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1999 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2000 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2003 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2004 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2005 file extension as the referenced file
2007 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2008 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2010 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2011 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2012 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2013 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2016 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2017 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2018 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2020 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2021 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2022 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2023 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2026 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2027 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2030 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2031 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2032 reasonable default configuration
2034 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2035 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2036 by all news servers and clients
2038 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2039 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2040 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2041 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2042 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2044 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2045 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2048 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2050 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2051 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2053 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2056 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2057 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2059 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2060 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2062 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2064 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2066 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2068 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2069 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2070 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2071 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2073 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2075 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2076 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2077 * Don't use debstd anymore
2079 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2081 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2083 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2084 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2085 contrib/non-free policy
2086 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2087 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2088 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2089 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2090 - new section about `Daemons'
2091 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2092 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2093 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2094 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2095 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2096 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2097 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2098 * SGML source code included in package
2099 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2101 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2103 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2105 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2106 - completely reworked structure
2107 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2108 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2109 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2110 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2111 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2112 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2113 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2114 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2115 - mention "orphaned packages"
2116 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2117 distributions' policy
2118 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2119 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2120 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2121 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2122 - added section about arch spec strings
2123 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2124 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2125 - added section about "menus"
2126 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2127 the new documentation policy soon
2128 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2129 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2131 - added section about editors and pagers
2132 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2133 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2134 - added section about device files
2135 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2136 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2137 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2139 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2140 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2141 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2142 - Added new section about obsolete names
2143 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2144 * Fixed package's description
2146 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2148 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2150 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2152 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2154 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2156 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2157 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2158 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2159 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2161 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2163 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2165 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2166 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2167 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2169 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2170 and upload it "byhand" too.
2172 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2174 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2177 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2178 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2179 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2180 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2181 functionality must not have the same name.
2182 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2183 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2184 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2185 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2186 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2187 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2188 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2190 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2191 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2192 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2193 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2194 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2195 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2196 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2197 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2200 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2202 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2204 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2206 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2207 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2208 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2209 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2210 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2213 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2215 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2217 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2219 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2220 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2221 description of deb file format.
2222 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2223 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2225 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2227 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2228 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2230 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2232 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2234 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2235 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2236 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2237 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2238 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2239 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2240 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2241 packages in section on Procedure
2242 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2243 a package maintainer
2244 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2245 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2246 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2248 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2249 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2250 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2251 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2252 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2253 on various shlib files
2254 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2255 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2256 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2258 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2260 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2262 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2263 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2264 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2266 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2267 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2268 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2269 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2270 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2272 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2274 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2276 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2278 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2280 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2281 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2282 compatibility go in contrib.
2284 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2285 instructions in policy manual.
2286 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2289 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2291 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2293 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2294 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2295 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2296 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2298 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2299 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2302 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2304 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2306 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2307 * More detail about changelog format names.
2309 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2310 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2314 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2316 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2318 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2320 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2322 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2324 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2326 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2328 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2329 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2330 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2332 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2334 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2336 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2338 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2340 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2344 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100