1 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
8 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
9 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
13 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
14 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
18 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
19 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
23 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
24 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
25 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
26 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
27 * Clarify that Installed-Size is in kibibytes. Thanks, Martin Dorey.
30 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:59:48 -0700
32 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
35 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
36 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
37 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
38 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
39 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
40 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
42 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
43 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
44 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
45 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
47 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
48 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
49 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
50 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
52 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
53 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
54 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
55 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
57 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
58 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
59 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
60 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
64 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
65 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
66 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
67 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
68 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
70 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
71 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
72 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
73 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
75 * Add myself to Uploaders.
78 * Add myself to Uploaders.
79 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
81 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
82 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
83 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
85 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
87 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
89 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
90 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
91 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
92 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
94 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
95 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
96 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
97 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
99 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
100 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
101 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
102 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
104 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
105 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
106 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
107 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
109 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
110 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
111 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
112 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
114 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
115 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
116 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
117 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
119 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
120 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
121 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
122 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
124 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
125 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
126 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
127 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
129 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
130 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
131 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
132 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
134 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
135 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
136 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
137 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
139 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
140 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
141 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
142 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
143 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
145 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
146 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
147 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
148 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
149 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
150 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
151 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
152 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
153 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
154 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
155 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
156 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
157 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
158 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
159 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
160 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
161 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
162 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
163 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
164 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
165 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
166 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
167 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
168 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
169 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
170 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
171 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
172 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
173 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
174 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
176 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
177 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
178 links was completed long ago.
179 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
181 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
183 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
185 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
186 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
188 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
190 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
192 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
193 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
194 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
195 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
196 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
197 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
198 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
199 Millan (Closes: #209008).
200 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
201 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
203 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
205 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
207 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
208 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
209 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
210 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
211 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
212 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
213 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
215 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
216 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
217 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
218 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
220 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
221 Küster (Closes: #403391).
222 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
223 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
224 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
225 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
226 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
227 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
228 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
229 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
230 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
231 Closes: #186700, #458910
232 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
233 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
234 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
236 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
237 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
238 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
239 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
240 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
241 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
242 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
243 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
245 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
246 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
248 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
249 * Add an md5sums control file.
250 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
251 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
252 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
253 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
254 currently part of policy.
255 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
256 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
257 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
260 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
262 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
264 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
265 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
266 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
267 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
268 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
269 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
270 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
271 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
272 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
273 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
274 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
275 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
276 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
277 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
278 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
279 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
281 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
283 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
284 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
285 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
287 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
288 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
289 list?" (Closes: #412634).
290 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
291 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
292 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
293 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
294 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
295 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
296 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
297 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
298 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
299 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
300 debconf specification.
301 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
302 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
304 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
306 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
308 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
309 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
310 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
311 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
312 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
314 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
316 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
317 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
318 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
319 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
320 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
322 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
323 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
324 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
325 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
326 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
327 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
328 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
329 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
330 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
331 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
332 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
333 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
334 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
335 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
336 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
337 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
339 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
341 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
342 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
343 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
344 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
345 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
346 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
347 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
348 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
350 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
352 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
354 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
355 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
356 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
357 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
358 Polo (Closes: #372497).
359 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
360 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
362 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
363 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
364 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
365 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
366 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
367 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
368 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
369 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
370 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
371 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
373 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
374 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
375 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
376 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
377 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
378 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
380 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
382 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
384 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
385 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
386 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
387 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
389 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
390 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
392 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
394 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
396 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
397 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
398 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
399 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
400 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
401 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
402 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
403 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
404 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
405 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
407 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
408 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
409 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
410 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
411 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
412 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
413 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
414 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
415 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
416 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
417 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
420 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
422 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
424 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
425 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
426 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
427 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
428 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
429 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
430 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
431 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
432 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
433 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
434 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
435 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
436 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
437 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
438 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
439 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
440 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
441 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
442 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
443 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
444 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
445 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
446 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
447 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
448 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
449 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
450 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
451 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
453 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
454 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
455 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
456 Hess (Closes: #362247).
457 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
458 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
459 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
460 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
461 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
462 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
463 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
464 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
465 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
466 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
467 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
468 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
470 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
471 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
473 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
474 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
475 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
476 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
477 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
478 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
479 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
480 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
481 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
482 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
483 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
485 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
487 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
490 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
491 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
492 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
493 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
494 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
495 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
496 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
497 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
498 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
499 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
500 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
501 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
502 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
504 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
505 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
506 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
507 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
508 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
509 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
510 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
511 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
512 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
513 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
514 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
515 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
516 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
517 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
518 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
519 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
520 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
521 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
522 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
525 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
527 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
529 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
530 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
531 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
532 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
534 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
535 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
536 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
537 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
539 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
541 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
544 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
545 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
546 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
547 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
548 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
549 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
550 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
551 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
552 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
553 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
555 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
556 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
557 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
559 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
560 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
561 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
562 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
563 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
564 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
565 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
567 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
568 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
569 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
570 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
572 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
573 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
574 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
575 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
576 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
577 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
578 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
579 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
581 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
582 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
583 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
584 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
585 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
586 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
587 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
588 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
589 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
590 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
591 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
592 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
593 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
594 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
595 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
596 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
597 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
599 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
601 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
604 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
605 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
606 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
607 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
608 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
609 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
610 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
611 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
612 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
614 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
615 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
616 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
617 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
618 this section. closes: Bug#248618
619 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
620 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
621 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
622 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
623 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
624 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
625 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
626 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
627 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
628 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
629 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
630 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
632 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
633 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
634 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
637 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
638 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
639 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
641 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
642 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
643 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
644 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
645 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
646 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
648 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
649 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
651 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
652 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
653 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
654 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
655 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
656 Closes: #185943, #237049
658 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
660 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
663 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
666 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
667 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
668 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
669 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
670 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
671 running. closes: Bug#187250
672 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
673 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
674 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
675 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
676 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
677 user closes: Bug#176506
679 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
681 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
684 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
685 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
686 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
687 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
688 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
689 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
690 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
691 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
692 deb-building toolchain.
693 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
694 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
695 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
696 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
697 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
698 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
699 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
700 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
701 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
702 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
703 sections about changelog files.
705 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
706 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
707 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
708 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
709 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
710 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
712 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
713 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
714 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
715 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
716 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
717 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
718 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
719 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
720 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
721 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
722 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
723 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
724 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
725 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
726 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
727 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
728 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
729 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
730 for the restructuring
732 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
734 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
737 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
739 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
740 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
741 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
742 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
743 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
744 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
746 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
747 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
748 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
749 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
750 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
751 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
752 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
754 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
755 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
756 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
757 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
759 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
761 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
764 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
765 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
766 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
767 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
768 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
769 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
771 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
772 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
773 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
774 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
776 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
777 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
778 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
779 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
780 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
781 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
782 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
783 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
784 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
786 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
787 script should start it, closes: #60979
788 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
789 "should", closes: #170019
790 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
791 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
792 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
793 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
794 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
795 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
796 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
797 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
800 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
802 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
805 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
806 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
807 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
808 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
809 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
810 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
811 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
812 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
813 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
815 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
816 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
817 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
818 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
819 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
820 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
821 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
822 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
823 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
825 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
826 file, closes: Bug#65764
828 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
830 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
832 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
833 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
834 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
835 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
836 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
837 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
838 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
839 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
840 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
841 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
842 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
843 details. closes: Bug#133030
844 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
845 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
848 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
850 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
852 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
853 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
854 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
855 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
856 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
857 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
858 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
859 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
860 not. closes: Bug#139820
861 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
862 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
863 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
864 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
865 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
866 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
867 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
868 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
869 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
870 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
872 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
874 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
875 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
876 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
877 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
878 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
879 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
880 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
881 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
882 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
883 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
884 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
885 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
886 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
887 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
888 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
889 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
890 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
891 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
892 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
893 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
895 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
896 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
897 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
898 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
899 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
900 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
901 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
903 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
904 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
905 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
906 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
907 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
908 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
909 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
910 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
911 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
913 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
915 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
917 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
918 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
919 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
920 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
921 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
922 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
923 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
924 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
925 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
926 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
927 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
928 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
929 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
930 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
931 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
932 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
933 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
934 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
935 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
936 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
937 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
938 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
939 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
941 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
943 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
945 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
946 medium, high, emergency.
947 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
948 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
949 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
950 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
951 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
954 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
955 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
956 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
958 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
959 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
960 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
961 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
962 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
963 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
964 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
967 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
969 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
971 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
972 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
973 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
974 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
976 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
977 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
978 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
979 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
980 debian/rules to do this
981 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
982 patches are incorporated upstream
983 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
984 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
985 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
986 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
987 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
988 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
990 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
991 system closes: Bug#91249
992 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
993 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
994 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
995 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
996 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
997 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
998 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
999 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1000 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1001 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1002 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1003 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1004 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1006 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1008 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1010 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1011 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1012 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1013 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1015 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1016 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1017 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1019 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1022 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1024 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1026 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1027 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1028 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1029 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1030 package for the time being
1031 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1032 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1033 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1034 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1035 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1036 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1037 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1038 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1039 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1040 Build-Depends arch syntax
1041 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1043 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1044 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1046 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1047 from policy maintenance duties.
1048 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1049 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1051 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1053 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1055 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1057 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1059 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1061 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1062 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1063 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1064 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1065 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1066 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1067 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1068 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1069 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1070 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1071 minor version number for this
1072 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1073 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1074 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1075 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1076 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1077 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1078 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1079 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1080 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1082 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1084 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1086 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1087 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1088 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1089 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1090 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1092 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1094 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1095 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1096 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1097 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1098 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1099 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1100 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1101 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1102 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1103 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1104 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1105 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1106 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1107 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1108 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1109 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1112 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1114 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1116 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1117 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1119 * Document the Enhances relationship
1120 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1121 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1122 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1123 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1124 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1125 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1127 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1129 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1130 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1131 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1132 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1134 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1135 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1136 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1137 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1138 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1140 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1142 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1144 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1145 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1146 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1148 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1149 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1150 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1151 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1152 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1153 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1154 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1155 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1156 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1158 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1160 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1162 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1164 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1165 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1166 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1167 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1168 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1169 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1170 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1171 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1172 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1173 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1174 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1175 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1176 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1177 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1178 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1179 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1180 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1181 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1182 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1183 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1184 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1185 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1187 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1188 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1190 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1192 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1194 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1195 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1196 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1197 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1198 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1199 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1200 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1201 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1202 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1203 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1204 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1205 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1206 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1207 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1208 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1209 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1210 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1211 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1212 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1213 list closes: Bug#53756
1214 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1215 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1216 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1217 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1218 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1219 policy closes: Bug#53760
1220 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1221 policy closes: Bug#53761
1222 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1223 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1224 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1225 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1226 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1227 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1228 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1229 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1230 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1231 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1232 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1234 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1235 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1236 to install with older fileutils.
1237 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1238 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1239 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1240 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1242 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1243 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1245 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1247 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1249 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1250 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1252 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1254 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1256 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1257 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1259 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1262 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1264 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1265 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1267 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1269 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1271 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1273 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1274 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1276 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1278 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1280 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1281 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1282 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1283 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1284 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1285 directoried (closes: #41547)
1286 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1287 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1288 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1289 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1290 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1291 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1292 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1293 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1294 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1295 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1296 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1298 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1299 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1300 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1301 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1302 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1303 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1304 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1306 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1307 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1308 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1309 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1311 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1313 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1315 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1316 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1318 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1320 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1322 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1323 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1325 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1327 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1329 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1330 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1332 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1333 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1334 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1335 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1336 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1337 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1338 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1339 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1340 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1341 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1342 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1343 this closes: Bug#38612
1344 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1345 before. closes: Bug#40864
1347 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1349 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1351 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1352 officially uploaded.
1353 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1355 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1356 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1357 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1359 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1360 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1361 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1362 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1363 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1364 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1366 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1367 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1368 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1370 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1372 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1373 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1374 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1375 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1376 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1378 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1380 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1382 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1383 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1384 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1385 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1386 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1387 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1388 there). closes: Bug#34233
1389 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1390 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1391 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1392 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1393 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1395 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1397 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1399 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1400 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1401 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1402 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1405 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1406 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1407 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1408 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1409 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1412 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1413 number. closes: BUG#25911
1415 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1416 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1417 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1418 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1419 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1420 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1422 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1423 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1424 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1427 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1428 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1429 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1431 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1432 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1433 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1434 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1436 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1437 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1438 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1440 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1442 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1443 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1444 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1445 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1446 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1447 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1448 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1449 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1452 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1454 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1455 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1458 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1460 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1462 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1464 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1466 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1468 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1469 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1470 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1471 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1472 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1473 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1474 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1475 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1477 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1478 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1480 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1482 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1484 * non-maintainer release
1485 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1486 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1488 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1489 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1490 * no content changes
1491 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1493 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1495 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1499 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1501 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1503 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1505 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1506 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1507 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1509 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1510 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1512 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1513 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1514 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1515 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1517 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1518 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1519 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1520 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1521 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1522 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1523 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1525 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1526 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1527 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1530 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1531 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1532 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1534 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1535 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1536 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1538 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1539 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1541 * New version numbering scheme:
1543 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1544 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1545 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1548 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1549 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1550 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1551 differ between the manuals.
1553 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1554 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1555 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1556 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1558 * Packaging changes:
1560 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1561 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1563 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1565 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1567 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1569 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1571 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1572 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1573 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1575 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1576 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1579 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1580 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1581 file extension as the referenced file
1583 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1584 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1586 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1587 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1588 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1589 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1592 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1593 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1594 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1596 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1597 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1598 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1599 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1602 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1603 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1606 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1607 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1608 reasonable default configuration
1610 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1611 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1612 by all news servers and clients
1614 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1615 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1616 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1617 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1618 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1620 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1621 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1624 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1626 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1627 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1629 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1632 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1633 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1635 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1636 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1638 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1640 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1642 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1644 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1645 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1646 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1647 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1649 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1651 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1652 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1653 * Don't use debstd anymore
1655 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1657 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1659 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1660 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1661 contrib/non-free policy
1662 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1663 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1664 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1665 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1666 - new section about `Daemons'
1667 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1668 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1669 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1670 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1671 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1672 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1673 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1674 * SGML source code included in package
1675 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1677 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1679 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1681 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1682 - completely reworked structure
1683 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1684 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1685 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1686 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1687 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1688 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1689 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1690 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1691 - mention "orphaned packages"
1692 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1693 distributions' policy
1694 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1695 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1696 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1697 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1698 - added section about arch spec strings
1699 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1700 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1701 - added section about "menus"
1702 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1703 the new documentation policy soon
1704 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1705 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1707 - added section about editors and pagers
1708 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1709 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1710 - added section about device files
1711 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1712 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1713 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1715 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1716 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1717 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1718 - Added new section about obsolete names
1719 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1720 * Fixed package's description
1722 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1724 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1726 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1728 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1730 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1732 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1733 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1734 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1735 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1737 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1739 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1741 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1742 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1743 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1745 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1746 and upload it "byhand" too.
1748 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1750 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1753 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1754 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1755 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1756 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1757 functionality must not have the same name.
1758 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1759 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1760 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1761 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1762 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1763 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1764 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1766 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1767 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1768 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1769 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1770 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1771 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1772 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1773 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1776 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1778 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1780 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1782 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1783 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1784 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1785 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1786 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1789 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1791 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1793 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1795 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1796 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1797 description of deb file format.
1798 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1799 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1801 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1803 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1804 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1806 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1808 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1810 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1811 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1812 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1813 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1814 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1815 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1816 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1817 packages in section on Procedure
1818 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1819 a package maintainer
1820 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1821 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1822 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1824 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1825 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1826 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1827 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1828 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1829 on various shlib files
1830 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1831 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1832 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1834 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1836 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1838 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1839 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1840 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1842 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1843 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1844 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1845 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1846 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1848 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1850 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1852 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1854 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1856 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1857 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1858 compatibility go in contrib.
1860 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1861 instructions in policy manual.
1862 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1865 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1867 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1869 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1870 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1871 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1872 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1874 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1875 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1878 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1880 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1882 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1883 * More detail about changelog format names.
1885 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1886 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1890 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1892 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1894 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1896 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1898 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1900 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1902 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1904 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1905 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1906 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1908 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1910 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1912 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1914 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1916 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1920 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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