1 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
4 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
8 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
9 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
10 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
11 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
13 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:23:50 -0700
15 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
17 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
18 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
20 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
22 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
24 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
25 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
26 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
27 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
28 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
29 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
30 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
31 Millan (Closes: #209008).
32 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
33 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
35 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
37 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
39 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
40 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
41 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
42 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
43 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
44 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
45 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
47 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
48 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
49 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
50 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
52 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
53 Küster (Closes: #403391).
54 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
55 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
56 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
57 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
58 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
59 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
60 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
61 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
62 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
63 Closes: #186700, #458910
64 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
65 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
66 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
68 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
69 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
70 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
71 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
72 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
73 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
74 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
75 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
77 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
78 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
80 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
81 * Add an md5sums control file.
82 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
83 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
84 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
85 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
86 currently part of policy.
87 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
88 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
89 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
92 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
94 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
96 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
97 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
98 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
99 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
100 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
101 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
102 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
103 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
104 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
105 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
106 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
107 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
108 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
109 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
110 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
111 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
113 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
115 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
116 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
117 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
119 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
120 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
121 list?" (Closes: #412634).
122 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
123 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
124 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
125 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
126 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
127 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
128 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
129 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
130 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
131 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
132 debconf specification.
133 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
134 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
136 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
138 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
140 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
141 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
142 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
143 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
144 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
146 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
148 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
149 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
150 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
151 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
152 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
154 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
155 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
156 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
157 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
158 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
159 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
160 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
161 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
162 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
163 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
164 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
165 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
166 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
167 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
168 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
169 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
171 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
173 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
174 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
175 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
176 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
177 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
178 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
179 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
180 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
182 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
184 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
186 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
187 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
188 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
189 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
190 Polo (Closes: #372497).
191 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
192 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
194 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
195 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
196 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
197 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
198 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
199 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
200 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
201 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
202 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
203 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
205 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
206 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
207 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
208 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
209 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
210 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
212 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
214 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
216 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
217 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
218 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
219 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
221 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
222 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
224 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
226 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
228 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
229 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
230 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
231 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
232 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
233 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
234 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
235 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
236 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
237 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
239 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
240 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
241 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
242 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
243 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
244 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
245 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
246 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
247 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
248 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
249 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
252 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
254 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
256 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
257 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
258 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
259 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
260 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
261 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
262 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
263 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
264 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
265 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
266 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
267 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
268 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
269 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
270 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
271 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
272 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
273 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
274 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
275 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
276 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
277 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
278 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
279 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
280 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
281 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
282 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
283 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
285 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
286 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
287 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
288 Hess (Closes: #362247).
289 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
290 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
291 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
292 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
293 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
294 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
295 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
296 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
297 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
298 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
299 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
300 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
302 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
303 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
305 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
306 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
307 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
308 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
309 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
310 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
311 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
312 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
313 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
314 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
315 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
317 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
319 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
322 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
323 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
324 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
325 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
326 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
327 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
328 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
329 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
330 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
331 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
332 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
333 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
334 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
336 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
337 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
338 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
339 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
340 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
341 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
342 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
343 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
344 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
345 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
346 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
347 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
348 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
349 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
350 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
351 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
352 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
353 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
354 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
357 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
359 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
361 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
362 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
363 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
364 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
366 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
367 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
368 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
369 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
371 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
373 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
376 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
377 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
378 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
379 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
380 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
381 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
382 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
383 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
384 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
385 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
387 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
388 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
389 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
391 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
392 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
393 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
394 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
395 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
396 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
397 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
399 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
400 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
401 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
402 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
404 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
405 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
406 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
407 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
408 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
409 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
410 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
411 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
413 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
414 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
415 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
416 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
417 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
418 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
419 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
420 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
421 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
422 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
423 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
424 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
425 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
426 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
427 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
428 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
429 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
431 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
433 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
436 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
437 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
438 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
439 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
440 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
441 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
442 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
443 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
444 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
446 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
447 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
448 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
449 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
450 this section. closes: Bug#248618
451 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
452 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
453 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
454 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
455 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
456 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
457 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
458 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
459 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
460 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
461 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
462 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
464 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
465 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
466 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
469 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
470 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
471 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
473 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
474 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
475 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
476 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
477 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
478 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
480 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
481 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
483 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
484 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
485 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
486 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
487 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
488 Closes: #185943, #237049
490 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
492 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
495 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
498 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
499 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
500 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
501 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
502 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
503 running. closes: Bug#187250
504 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
505 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
506 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
507 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
508 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
509 user closes: Bug#176506
511 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
513 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
516 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
517 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
518 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
519 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
520 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
521 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
522 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
523 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
524 deb-building toolchain.
525 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
526 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
527 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
528 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
529 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
530 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
531 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
532 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
533 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
534 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
535 sections about changelog files.
537 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
538 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
539 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
540 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
541 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
542 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
544 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
545 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
546 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
547 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
548 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
549 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
550 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
551 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
552 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
553 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
554 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
555 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
556 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
557 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
558 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
559 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
560 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
561 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
562 for the restructuring
564 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
566 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
569 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
571 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
572 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
573 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
574 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
575 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
576 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
578 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
579 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
580 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
581 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
582 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
583 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
584 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
586 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
587 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
588 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
589 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
591 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
593 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
596 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
597 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
598 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
599 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
600 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
601 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
603 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
604 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
605 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
606 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
608 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
609 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
610 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
611 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
612 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
613 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
614 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
615 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
616 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
618 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
619 script should start it, closes: #60979
620 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
621 "should", closes: #170019
622 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
623 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
624 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
625 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
626 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
627 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
628 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
629 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
632 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
634 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
637 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
638 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
639 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
640 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
641 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
642 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
643 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
644 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
645 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
647 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
648 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
649 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
650 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
651 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
652 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
653 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
654 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
655 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
657 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
658 file, closes: Bug#65764
660 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
662 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
664 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
665 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
666 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
667 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
668 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
669 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
670 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
671 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
672 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
673 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
674 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
675 details. closes: Bug#133030
676 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
677 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
680 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
682 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
684 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
685 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
686 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
687 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
688 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
689 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
690 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
691 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
692 not. closes: Bug#139820
693 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
694 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
695 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
696 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
697 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
698 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
699 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
700 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
701 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
702 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
704 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
706 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
707 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
708 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
709 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
710 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
711 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
712 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
713 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
714 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
715 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
716 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
717 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
718 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
719 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
720 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
721 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
722 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
723 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
724 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
725 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
727 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
728 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
729 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
730 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
731 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
732 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
733 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
735 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
736 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
737 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
738 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
739 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
740 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
741 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
742 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
743 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
745 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
747 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
749 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
750 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
751 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
752 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
753 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
754 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
755 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
756 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
757 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
758 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
759 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
760 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
761 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
762 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
763 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
764 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
765 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
766 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
767 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
768 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
769 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
770 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
771 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
773 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
775 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
777 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
778 medium, high, emergency.
779 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
780 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
781 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
782 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
783 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
786 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
787 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
788 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
790 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
791 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
792 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
793 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
794 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
795 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
796 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
799 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
801 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
803 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
804 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
805 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
806 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
808 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
809 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
810 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
811 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
812 debian/rules to do this
813 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
814 patches are incorporated upstream
815 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
816 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
817 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
818 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
819 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
820 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
822 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
823 system closes: Bug#91249
824 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
825 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
826 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
827 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
828 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
829 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
830 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
831 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
832 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
833 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
834 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
835 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
836 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
838 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
840 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
842 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
843 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
844 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
845 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
847 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
848 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
849 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
851 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
854 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
856 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
858 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
859 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
860 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
861 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
862 package for the time being
863 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
864 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
865 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
866 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
867 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
868 * Rename all .text files as .txt
869 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
870 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
871 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
872 Build-Depends arch syntax
873 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
875 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
876 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
878 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
879 from policy maintenance duties.
880 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
881 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
883 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
885 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
887 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
889 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
891 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
893 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
894 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
895 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
896 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
897 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
898 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
899 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
900 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
901 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
902 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
903 minor version number for this
904 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
905 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
906 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
907 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
908 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
909 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
910 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
911 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
912 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
914 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
916 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
918 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
919 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
920 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
921 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
922 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
924 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
926 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
927 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
928 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
929 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
930 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
931 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
932 xutils closes: Bug#82966
933 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
934 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
935 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
936 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
937 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
938 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
939 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
940 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
941 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
944 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
946 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
948 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
949 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
951 * Document the Enhances relationship
952 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
953 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
954 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
955 policy. closes: Bug#53496
956 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
957 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
959 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
961 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
962 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
963 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
964 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
966 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
967 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
968 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
969 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
970 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
972 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
974 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
976 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
977 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
978 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
980 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
981 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
982 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
983 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
984 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
985 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
986 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
987 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
988 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
990 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
992 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
994 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
996 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
997 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
998 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
999 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1000 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1001 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1002 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1003 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1004 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1005 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1006 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1007 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1008 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1009 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1010 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1011 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1012 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1013 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1014 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1015 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1016 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1017 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1019 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1020 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1022 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1024 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1026 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1027 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1028 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1029 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1030 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1031 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1032 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1033 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1034 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1035 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1036 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1037 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1038 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1039 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1040 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1041 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1042 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1043 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1044 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1045 list closes: Bug#53756
1046 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1047 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1048 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1049 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1050 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1051 policy closes: Bug#53760
1052 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1053 policy closes: Bug#53761
1054 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1055 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1056 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1057 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1058 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1059 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1060 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1061 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1062 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1063 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1064 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1066 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1067 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1068 to install with older fileutils.
1069 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1070 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1071 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1072 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1074 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1075 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1077 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1079 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1081 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1082 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1084 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1086 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1088 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1089 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1091 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1094 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1096 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1097 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1099 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1101 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1103 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1105 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1106 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1108 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1110 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1112 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1113 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1114 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1115 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1116 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1117 directoried (closes: #41547)
1118 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1119 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1120 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1121 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1122 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1123 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1124 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1125 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1126 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1127 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1128 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1130 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1131 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1132 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1133 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1134 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1135 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1136 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1138 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1139 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1140 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1141 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1143 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1145 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1147 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1148 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1150 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1152 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1154 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1155 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1157 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1159 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1161 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1162 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1164 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1165 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1166 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1167 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1168 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1169 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1170 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1171 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1172 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1173 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1174 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1175 this closes: Bug#38612
1176 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1177 before. closes: Bug#40864
1179 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1181 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1183 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1184 officially uploaded.
1185 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1187 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1188 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1189 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1191 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1192 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1193 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1194 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1195 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1196 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1198 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1199 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1200 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1202 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1204 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1205 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1206 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1207 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1208 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1210 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1212 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1214 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1215 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1216 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1217 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1218 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1219 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1220 there). closes: Bug#34233
1221 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1222 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1223 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1224 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1225 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1227 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1229 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1231 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1232 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1233 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1234 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1237 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1238 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1239 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1240 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1241 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1244 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1245 number. closes: BUG#25911
1247 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1248 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1249 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1250 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1251 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1252 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1254 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1255 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1256 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1259 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1260 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1261 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1263 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1264 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1265 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1266 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1268 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1269 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1270 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1272 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1274 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1275 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1276 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1277 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1278 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1279 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1280 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1281 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1284 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1286 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1287 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1290 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1292 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1294 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1296 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1298 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1300 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1301 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1302 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1303 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1304 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1305 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1306 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1307 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1309 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1310 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1312 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1314 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1316 * non-maintainer release
1317 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1318 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1320 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1321 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1322 * no content changes
1323 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1325 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1327 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1331 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1333 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1335 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1337 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1338 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1339 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1341 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1342 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1344 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1345 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1346 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1347 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1349 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1350 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1351 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1352 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1353 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1354 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1355 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1357 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1358 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1359 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1362 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1363 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1364 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1366 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1367 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1368 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1370 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1371 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1373 * New version numbering scheme:
1375 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1376 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1377 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1380 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1381 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1382 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1383 differ between the manuals.
1385 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1386 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1387 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1388 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1390 * Packaging changes:
1392 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1393 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1395 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1397 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1399 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1401 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1403 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1404 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1405 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1407 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1408 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1411 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1412 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1413 file extension as the referenced file
1415 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1416 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1418 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1419 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1420 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1421 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1424 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1425 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1426 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1428 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1429 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1430 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1431 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1434 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1435 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1438 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1439 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1440 reasonable default configuration
1442 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1443 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1444 by all news servers and clients
1446 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1447 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1448 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1449 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1450 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1452 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1453 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1456 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1458 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1459 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1461 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1464 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1465 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1467 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1468 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1470 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1472 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1474 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1476 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1477 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1478 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1479 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1481 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1483 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1484 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1485 * Don't use debstd anymore
1487 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1489 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1491 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1492 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1493 contrib/non-free policy
1494 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1495 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1496 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1497 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1498 - new section about `Daemons'
1499 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1500 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1501 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1502 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1503 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1504 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1505 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1506 * SGML source code included in package
1507 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1509 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1511 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1513 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1514 - completely reworked structure
1515 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1516 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1517 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1518 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1519 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1520 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1521 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1522 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1523 - mention "orphaned packages"
1524 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1525 distributions' policy
1526 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1527 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1528 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1529 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1530 - added section about arch spec strings
1531 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1532 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1533 - added section about "menus"
1534 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1535 the new documentation policy soon
1536 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1537 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1539 - added section about editors and pagers
1540 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1541 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1542 - added section about device files
1543 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1544 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1545 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1547 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1548 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1549 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1550 - Added new section about obsolete names
1551 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1552 * Fixed package's description
1554 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1556 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1558 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1560 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1562 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1564 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1565 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1566 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1567 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1569 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1571 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1573 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1574 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1575 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1577 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1578 and upload it "byhand" too.
1580 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1582 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1585 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1586 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1587 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1588 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1589 functionality must not have the same name.
1590 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1591 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1592 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1593 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1594 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1595 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1596 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1598 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1599 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1600 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1601 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1602 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1603 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1604 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1605 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1608 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1610 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1612 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1614 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1615 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1616 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1617 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1618 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1621 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1623 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1625 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1627 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1628 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1629 description of deb file format.
1630 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1631 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1633 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1635 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1636 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1638 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1640 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1642 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1643 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1644 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1645 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1646 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1647 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1648 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1649 packages in section on Procedure
1650 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1651 a package maintainer
1652 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1653 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1654 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1656 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1657 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1658 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1659 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1660 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1661 on various shlib files
1662 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1663 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1664 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1666 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1668 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1670 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1671 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1672 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1674 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1675 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1676 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1677 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1678 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1680 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1682 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1684 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1686 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1688 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1689 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1690 compatibility go in contrib.
1692 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1693 instructions in policy manual.
1694 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1697 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1699 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1701 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1702 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1703 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1704 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1706 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1707 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1710 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1712 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1714 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1715 * More detail about changelog format names.
1717 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1718 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1722 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1724 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1726 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1728 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1730 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1732 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1734 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1736 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1737 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1738 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1740 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1742 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1744 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1746 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1748 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1752 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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