1 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
4 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
5 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
6 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
7 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
8 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
9 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
10 Millan (Closes: #209008).
11 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
12 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
14 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
16 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
18 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
19 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
20 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
21 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
22 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
23 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
24 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
26 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
27 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
28 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
29 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
31 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
32 Küster (Closes: #403391).
33 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
34 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
35 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
36 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
37 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
38 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
39 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
41 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
42 Closes: #186700, #458910
43 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
44 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
45 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
47 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
48 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
49 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
50 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
51 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
52 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
53 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
54 * Add an md5sums control file.
55 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
56 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
57 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
58 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
59 currently part of policy.
60 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
61 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
62 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
67 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
69 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
70 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
71 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
72 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
73 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
74 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
75 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
76 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
77 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
78 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
79 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
80 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
81 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
82 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
83 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
84 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
86 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
88 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
89 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
90 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
92 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
93 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
94 list?" (Closes: #412634).
95 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
96 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
97 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
98 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
99 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
100 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
101 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
102 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
103 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
104 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
105 debconf specification.
106 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
107 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
109 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
111 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
113 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
114 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
115 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
116 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
117 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
119 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
121 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
122 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
123 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
124 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
125 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
127 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
128 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
129 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
130 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
131 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
132 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
133 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
134 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
135 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
136 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
137 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
138 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
139 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
140 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
141 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
142 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
144 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
146 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
147 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
148 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
149 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
150 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
151 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
152 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
153 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
155 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
157 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
159 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
160 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
161 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
162 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
163 Polo (Closes: #372497).
164 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
165 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
167 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
168 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
169 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
170 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
171 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
172 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
173 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
174 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
175 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
176 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
178 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
179 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
180 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
181 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
182 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
183 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
185 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
187 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
189 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
190 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
191 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
192 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
194 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
195 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
197 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
199 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
201 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
202 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
203 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
204 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
205 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
206 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
207 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
208 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
209 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
210 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
212 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
213 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
214 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
215 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
216 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
217 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
218 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
219 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
220 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
221 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
222 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
225 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
227 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
229 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
230 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
231 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
232 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
233 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
234 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
235 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
236 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
237 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
238 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
239 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
240 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
241 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
242 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
243 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
244 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
245 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
246 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
247 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
248 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
249 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
250 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
251 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
252 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
253 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
254 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
255 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
256 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
258 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
259 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
260 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
261 Hess (Closes: #362247).
262 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
263 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
264 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
265 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
266 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
267 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
268 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
269 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
270 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
271 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
272 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
273 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
275 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
276 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
278 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
279 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
280 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
281 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
282 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
283 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
284 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
285 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
286 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
287 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
288 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
290 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
292 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
295 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
296 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
297 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
298 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
299 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
300 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
301 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
302 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
303 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
304 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
305 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
306 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
307 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
309 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
310 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
311 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
312 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
313 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
314 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
315 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
316 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
317 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
318 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
319 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
320 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
321 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
322 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
323 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
324 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
325 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
326 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
327 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
330 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
332 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
334 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
335 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
336 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
337 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
339 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
340 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
341 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
342 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
344 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
346 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
349 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
350 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
351 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
352 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
353 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
354 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
355 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
356 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
357 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
358 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
360 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
361 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
362 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
364 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
365 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
366 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
367 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
368 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
369 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
370 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
372 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
373 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
374 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
375 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
377 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
378 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
379 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
380 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
381 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
382 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
383 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
384 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
386 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
387 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
388 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
389 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
390 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
391 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
392 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
393 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
394 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
395 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
396 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
397 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
398 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
399 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
400 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
401 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
402 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
404 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
406 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
409 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
410 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
411 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
412 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
413 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
414 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
415 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
416 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
417 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
419 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
420 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
421 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
422 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
423 this section. closes: Bug#248618
424 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
425 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
426 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
427 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
428 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
429 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
430 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
431 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
432 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
433 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
434 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
435 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
437 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
438 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
439 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
442 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
443 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
444 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
446 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
447 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
448 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
449 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
450 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
451 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
453 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
454 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
456 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
457 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
458 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
459 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
460 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
461 Closes: #185943, #237049
463 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
465 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
468 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
471 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
472 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
473 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
474 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
475 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
476 running. closes: Bug#187250
477 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
478 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
479 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
480 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
481 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
482 user closes: Bug#176506
484 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
486 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
489 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
490 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
491 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
492 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
493 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
494 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
495 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
496 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
497 deb-building toolchain.
498 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
499 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
500 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
501 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
502 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
503 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
504 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
505 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
506 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
507 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
508 sections about changelog files.
510 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
511 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
512 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
513 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
514 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
515 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
517 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
518 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
519 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
520 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
521 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
522 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
523 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
524 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
525 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
526 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
527 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
528 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
529 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
530 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
531 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
532 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
533 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
534 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
535 for the restructuring
537 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
539 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
542 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
544 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
545 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
546 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
547 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
548 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
549 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
551 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
552 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
553 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
554 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
555 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
556 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
557 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
559 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
560 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
561 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
562 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
564 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
566 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
569 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
570 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
571 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
572 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
573 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
574 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
576 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
577 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
578 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
579 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
581 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
582 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
583 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
584 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
585 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
586 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
587 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
588 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
589 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
591 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
592 script should start it, closes: #60979
593 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
594 "should", closes: #170019
595 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
596 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
597 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
598 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
599 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
600 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
601 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
602 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
605 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
607 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
610 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
611 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
612 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
613 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
614 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
615 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
616 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
617 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
618 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
620 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
621 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
622 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
623 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
624 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
625 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
626 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
627 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
628 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
630 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
631 file, closes: Bug#65764
633 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
635 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
637 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
638 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
639 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
640 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
641 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
642 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
643 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
644 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
645 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
646 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
647 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
648 details. closes: Bug#133030
649 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
650 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
653 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
655 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
657 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
658 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
659 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
660 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
661 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
662 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
663 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
664 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
665 not. closes: Bug#139820
666 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
667 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
668 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
669 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
670 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
671 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
672 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
673 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
674 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
675 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
677 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
679 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
680 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
681 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
682 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
683 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
684 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
685 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
686 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
687 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
688 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
689 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
690 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
691 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
692 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
693 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
694 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
695 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
696 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
697 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
698 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
700 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
701 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
702 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
703 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
704 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
705 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
706 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
708 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
709 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
710 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
711 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
712 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
713 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
714 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
715 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
716 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
718 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
720 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
722 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
723 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
724 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
725 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
726 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
727 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
728 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
729 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
730 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
731 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
732 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
733 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
734 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
735 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
736 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
737 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
738 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
739 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
740 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
741 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
742 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
743 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
744 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
746 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
748 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
750 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
751 medium, high, emergency.
752 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
753 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
754 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
755 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
756 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
759 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
760 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
761 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
763 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
764 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
765 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
766 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
767 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
768 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
769 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
772 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
774 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
776 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
777 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
778 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
779 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
781 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
782 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
783 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
784 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
785 debian/rules to do this
786 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
787 patches are incorporated upstream
788 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
789 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
790 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
791 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
792 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
793 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
795 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
796 system closes: Bug#91249
797 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
798 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
799 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
800 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
801 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
802 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
803 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
804 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
805 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
806 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
807 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
808 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
809 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
811 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
813 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
815 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
816 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
817 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
818 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
820 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
821 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
822 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
824 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
827 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
829 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
831 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
832 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
833 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
834 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
835 package for the time being
836 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
837 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
838 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
839 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
840 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
841 * Rename all .text files as .txt
842 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
843 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
844 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
845 Build-Depends arch syntax
846 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
848 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
849 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
851 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
852 from policy maintenance duties.
853 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
854 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
856 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
858 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
860 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
862 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
864 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
866 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
867 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
868 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
869 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
870 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
871 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
872 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
873 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
874 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
875 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
876 minor version number for this
877 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
878 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
879 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
880 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
881 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
882 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
883 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
884 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
885 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
887 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
889 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
891 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
892 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
893 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
894 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
895 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
897 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
899 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
900 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
901 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
902 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
903 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
904 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
905 xutils closes: Bug#82966
906 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
907 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
908 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
909 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
910 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
911 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
912 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
913 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
914 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
917 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
919 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
921 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
922 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
924 * Document the Enhances relationship
925 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
926 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
927 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
928 policy. closes: Bug#53496
929 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
930 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
932 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
934 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
935 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
936 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
937 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
939 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
940 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
941 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
942 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
943 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
945 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
947 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
949 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
950 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
951 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
953 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
954 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
955 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
956 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
957 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
958 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
959 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
960 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
961 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
963 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
965 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
967 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
969 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
970 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
971 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
972 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
973 policy. closes: Bug#64437
974 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
975 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
976 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
977 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
978 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
979 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
980 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
981 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
982 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
983 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
984 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
985 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
986 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
987 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
988 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
989 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
990 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
992 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
993 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
995 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
997 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
999 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1000 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1001 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1002 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1003 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1004 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1005 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1006 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1007 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1008 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1009 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1010 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1011 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1012 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1013 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1014 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1015 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1016 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1017 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1018 list closes: Bug#53756
1019 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1020 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1021 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1022 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1023 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1024 policy closes: Bug#53760
1025 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1026 policy closes: Bug#53761
1027 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1028 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1029 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1030 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1031 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1032 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1033 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1034 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1035 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1036 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1037 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1039 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1040 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1041 to install with older fileutils.
1042 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1043 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1044 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1045 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1047 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1048 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1050 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1052 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1054 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1055 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1057 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1059 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1061 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1062 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1064 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1067 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1069 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1070 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1072 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1074 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1076 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1078 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1079 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1081 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1083 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1085 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1086 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1087 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1088 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1089 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1090 directoried (closes: #41547)
1091 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1092 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1093 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1094 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1095 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1096 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1097 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1098 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1099 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1100 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1101 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1103 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1104 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1105 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1106 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1107 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1108 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1109 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1111 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1112 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1113 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1114 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1116 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1118 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1120 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1121 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1123 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1125 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1127 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1128 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1130 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1132 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1134 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1135 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1137 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1138 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1139 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1140 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1141 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1142 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1143 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1144 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1145 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1146 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1147 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1148 this closes: Bug#38612
1149 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1150 before. closes: Bug#40864
1152 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1154 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1156 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1157 officially uploaded.
1158 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1160 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1161 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1162 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1164 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1165 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1166 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1167 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1168 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1169 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1171 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1172 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1173 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1175 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1177 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1178 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1179 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1180 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1181 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1183 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1185 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1187 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1188 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1189 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1190 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1191 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1192 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1193 there). closes: Bug#34233
1194 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1195 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1196 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1197 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1198 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1200 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1202 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1204 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1205 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1206 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1207 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1210 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1211 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1212 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1213 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1214 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1217 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1218 number. closes: BUG#25911
1220 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1221 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1222 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1223 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1224 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1225 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1227 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1228 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1229 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1232 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1233 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1234 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1236 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1237 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1238 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1239 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1241 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1242 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1243 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1245 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1247 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1248 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1249 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1250 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1251 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1252 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1253 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1254 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1257 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1259 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1260 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1263 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1265 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1267 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1269 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1271 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1273 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1274 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1275 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1276 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1277 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1278 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1279 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1280 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1282 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1283 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1285 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1287 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1289 * non-maintainer release
1290 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1291 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1293 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1294 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1295 * no content changes
1296 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1298 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1300 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1304 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1306 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1308 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1310 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1311 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1312 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1314 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1315 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1317 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1318 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1319 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1320 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1322 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1323 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1324 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1325 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1326 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1327 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1328 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1330 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1331 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1332 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1335 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1336 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1337 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1339 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1340 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1341 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1343 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1344 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1346 * New version numbering scheme:
1348 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1349 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1350 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1353 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1354 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1355 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1356 differ between the manuals.
1358 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1359 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1360 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1361 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1363 * Packaging changes:
1365 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1366 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1368 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1370 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1372 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1374 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1376 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1377 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1378 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1380 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1381 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1384 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1385 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1386 file extension as the referenced file
1388 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1389 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1391 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1392 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1393 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1394 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1397 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1398 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1399 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1401 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1402 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1403 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1404 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1407 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1408 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1411 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1412 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1413 reasonable default configuration
1415 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1416 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1417 by all news servers and clients
1419 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1420 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1421 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1422 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1423 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1425 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1426 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1429 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1431 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1432 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1434 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1437 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1438 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1440 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1441 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1443 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1445 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1447 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1449 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1450 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1451 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1452 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1454 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1456 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1457 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1458 * Don't use debstd anymore
1460 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1462 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1464 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1465 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1466 contrib/non-free policy
1467 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1468 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1469 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1470 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1471 - new section about `Daemons'
1472 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1473 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1474 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1475 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1476 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1477 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1478 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1479 * SGML source code included in package
1480 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1482 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1484 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1486 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1487 - completely reworked structure
1488 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1489 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1490 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1491 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1492 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1493 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1494 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1495 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1496 - mention "orphaned packages"
1497 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1498 distributions' policy
1499 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1500 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1501 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1502 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1503 - added section about arch spec strings
1504 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1505 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1506 - added section about "menus"
1507 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1508 the new documentation policy soon
1509 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1510 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1512 - added section about editors and pagers
1513 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1514 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1515 - added section about device files
1516 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1517 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1518 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1520 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1521 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1522 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1523 - Added new section about obsolete names
1524 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1525 * Fixed package's description
1527 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1529 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1531 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1533 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1535 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1537 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1538 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1539 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1540 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1542 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1544 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1546 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1547 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1548 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1550 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1551 and upload it "byhand" too.
1553 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1555 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1558 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1559 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1560 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1561 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1562 functionality must not have the same name.
1563 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1564 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1565 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1566 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1567 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1568 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1569 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1571 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1572 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1573 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1574 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1575 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1576 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1577 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1578 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1581 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1583 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1585 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1587 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1588 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1589 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1590 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1591 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1594 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1596 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1598 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1600 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1601 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1602 description of deb file format.
1603 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1604 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1606 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1608 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1609 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1611 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1613 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1615 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1616 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1617 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1618 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1619 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1620 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1621 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1622 packages in section on Procedure
1623 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1624 a package maintainer
1625 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1626 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1627 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1629 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1630 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1631 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1632 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1633 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1634 on various shlib files
1635 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1636 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1637 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1639 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1641 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1643 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1644 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1645 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1647 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1648 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1649 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1650 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1651 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1653 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1655 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1657 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1659 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1661 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1662 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1663 compatibility go in contrib.
1665 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1666 instructions in policy manual.
1667 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1670 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1672 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1674 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1675 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1676 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1677 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1679 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1680 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1683 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1685 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1687 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1688 * More detail about changelog format names.
1690 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1691 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1695 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1697 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1699 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1701 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1703 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1705 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1707 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1709 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1710 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1711 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1713 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1715 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1717 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1719 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1721 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1725 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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