1 debian-policy (3.7.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
4 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
5 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
7 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
9 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
10 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
11 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
12 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
13 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
14 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
15 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
17 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
18 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
19 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
20 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
21 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
22 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
23 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
24 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
25 currently part of policy.
26 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
30 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
32 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
33 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
34 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
35 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
36 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
37 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
38 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
39 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
40 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
41 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
42 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
43 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
44 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
45 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
46 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
47 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
49 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
51 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
52 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
53 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
55 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
56 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
57 list?" (Closes: #412634).
58 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
59 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
60 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
61 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
62 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
63 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
64 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
65 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
66 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
67 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
68 debconf specification.
69 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
70 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
72 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
74 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
76 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
77 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
78 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
79 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
80 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
82 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
84 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
85 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
86 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
87 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
88 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
90 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
91 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
92 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
93 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
94 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
95 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
96 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
97 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
98 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
99 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
100 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
101 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
102 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
103 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
104 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
105 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
107 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
109 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
110 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
111 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
112 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
113 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
114 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
115 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
116 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
118 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
120 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
122 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
123 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
124 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
125 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
126 Polo (Closes: #372497).
127 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
128 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
130 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
131 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
132 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
133 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
134 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
135 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
136 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
137 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
138 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
139 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
141 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
142 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
143 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
144 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
145 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
146 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
148 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
150 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
152 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
153 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
154 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
155 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
157 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
158 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
160 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
162 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
164 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
165 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
166 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
167 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
168 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
169 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
170 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
171 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
172 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
173 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
175 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
176 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
177 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
178 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
179 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
180 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
181 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
182 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
183 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
184 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
185 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
188 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
190 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
192 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
193 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
194 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
195 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
196 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
197 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
198 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
199 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
200 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
201 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
202 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
203 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
204 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
205 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
206 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
207 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
208 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
209 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
210 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
211 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
212 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
213 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
214 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
215 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
216 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
217 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
218 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
219 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
221 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
222 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
223 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
224 Hess (Closes: #362247).
225 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
226 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
227 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
228 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
229 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
230 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
231 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
232 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
233 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
234 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
235 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
236 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
238 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
239 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
241 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
242 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
243 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
244 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
245 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
246 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
247 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
248 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
249 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
250 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
251 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
253 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
255 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
258 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
259 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
260 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
261 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
262 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
263 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
264 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
265 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
266 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
267 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
268 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
269 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
270 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
272 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
273 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
274 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
275 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
276 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
277 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
278 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
279 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
280 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
281 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
282 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
283 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
284 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
285 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
286 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
287 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
288 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
289 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
290 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
293 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
295 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
297 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
298 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
299 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
300 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
302 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
303 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
304 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
305 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
307 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
309 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
312 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
313 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
314 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
315 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
316 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
317 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
318 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
319 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
320 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
321 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
323 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
324 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
325 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
327 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
328 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
329 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
330 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
331 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
332 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
333 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
335 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
336 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
337 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
338 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
340 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
341 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
342 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
343 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
344 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
345 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
346 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
347 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
349 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
350 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
351 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
352 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
353 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
354 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
355 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
356 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
357 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
358 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
359 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
360 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
361 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
362 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
363 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
364 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
365 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
367 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
369 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
372 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
373 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
374 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
375 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
376 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
377 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
378 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
379 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
380 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
382 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
383 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
384 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
385 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
386 this section. closes: Bug#248618
387 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
388 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
389 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
390 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
391 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
392 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
393 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
394 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
395 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
396 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
397 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
398 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
400 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
401 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
402 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
405 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
406 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
407 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
409 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
410 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
411 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
412 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
413 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
414 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
416 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
417 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
419 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
420 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
421 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
422 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
423 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
424 Closes: #185943, #237049
426 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
428 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
431 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
434 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
435 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
436 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
437 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
438 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
439 running. closes: Bug#187250
440 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
441 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
442 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
443 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
444 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
445 user closes: Bug#176506
447 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
449 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
452 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
453 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
454 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
455 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
456 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
457 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
458 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
459 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
460 deb-building toolchain.
461 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
462 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
463 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
464 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
465 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
466 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
467 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
468 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
469 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
470 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
471 sections about changelog files.
473 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
474 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
475 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
476 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
477 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
478 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
480 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
481 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
482 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
483 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
484 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
485 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
486 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
487 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
488 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
489 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
490 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
491 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
492 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
493 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
494 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
495 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
496 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
497 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
498 for the restructuring
500 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
502 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
505 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
507 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
508 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
509 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
510 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
511 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
512 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
514 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
515 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
516 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
517 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
518 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
519 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
520 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
522 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
523 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
524 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
525 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
527 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
529 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
532 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
533 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
534 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
535 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
536 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
537 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
539 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
540 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
541 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
542 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
544 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
545 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
546 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
547 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
548 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
549 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
550 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
551 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
552 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
554 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
555 script should start it, closes: #60979
556 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
557 "should", closes: #170019
558 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
559 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
560 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
561 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
562 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
563 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
564 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
565 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
568 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
570 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
573 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
574 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
575 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
576 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
577 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
578 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
579 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
580 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
581 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
583 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
584 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
585 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
586 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
587 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
588 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
589 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
590 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
591 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
593 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
594 file, closes: Bug#65764
596 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
598 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
600 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
601 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
602 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
603 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
604 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
605 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
606 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
607 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
608 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
609 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
610 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
611 details. closes: Bug#133030
612 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
613 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
616 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
618 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
620 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
621 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
622 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
623 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
624 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
625 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
626 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
627 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
628 not. closes: Bug#139820
629 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
630 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
631 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
632 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
633 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
634 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
635 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
636 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
637 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
638 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
640 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
642 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
643 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
644 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
645 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
646 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
647 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
648 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
649 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
650 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
651 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
652 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
653 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
654 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
655 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
656 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
657 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
658 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
659 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
660 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
661 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
663 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
664 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
665 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
666 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
667 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
668 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
669 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
671 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
672 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
673 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
674 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
675 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
676 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
677 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
678 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
679 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
681 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
683 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
685 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
686 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
687 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
688 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
689 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
690 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
691 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
692 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
693 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
694 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
695 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
696 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
697 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
698 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
699 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
700 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
701 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
702 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
703 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
704 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
705 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
706 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
707 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
709 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
711 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
713 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
714 medium, high, emergency.
715 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
716 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
717 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
718 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
719 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
722 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
723 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
724 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
726 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
727 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
728 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
729 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
730 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
731 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
732 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
735 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
737 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
739 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
740 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
741 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
742 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
744 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
745 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
746 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
747 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
748 debian/rules to do this
749 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
750 patches are incorporated upstream
751 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
752 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
753 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
754 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
755 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
756 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
758 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
759 system closes: Bug#91249
760 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
761 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
762 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
763 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
764 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
765 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
766 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
767 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
768 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
769 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
770 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
771 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
772 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
774 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
776 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
778 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
779 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
780 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
781 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
783 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
784 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
785 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
787 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
790 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
792 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
794 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
795 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
796 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
797 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
798 package for the time being
799 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
800 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
801 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
802 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
803 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
804 * Rename all .text files as .txt
805 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
806 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
807 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
808 Build-Depends arch syntax
809 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
811 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
812 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
814 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
815 from policy maintenance duties.
816 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
817 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
819 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
821 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
823 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
825 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
827 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
829 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
830 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
831 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
832 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
833 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
834 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
835 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
836 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
837 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
838 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
839 minor version number for this
840 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
841 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
842 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
843 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
844 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
845 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
846 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
847 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
848 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
850 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
852 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
854 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
855 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
856 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
857 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
858 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
860 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
862 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
863 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
864 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
865 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
866 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
867 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
868 xutils closes: Bug#82966
869 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
870 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
871 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
872 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
873 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
874 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
875 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
876 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
877 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
880 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
882 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
884 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
885 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
887 * Document the Enhances relationship
888 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
889 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
890 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
891 policy. closes: Bug#53496
892 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
893 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
895 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
897 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
898 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
899 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
900 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
902 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
903 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
904 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
905 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
906 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
908 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
910 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
912 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
913 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
914 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
916 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
917 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
918 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
919 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
920 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
921 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
922 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
923 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
924 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
926 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
928 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
930 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
932 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
933 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
934 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
935 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
936 policy. closes: Bug#64437
937 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
938 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
939 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
940 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
941 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
942 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
943 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
944 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
945 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
946 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
947 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
948 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
949 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
950 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
951 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
952 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
953 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
955 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
956 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
958 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
960 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
962 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
963 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
964 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
965 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
966 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
967 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
968 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
969 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
970 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
971 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
972 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
973 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
974 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
975 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
976 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
977 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
978 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
979 alternative closes: Bug#53755
980 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
981 list closes: Bug#53756
982 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
983 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
984 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
985 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
986 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
987 policy closes: Bug#53760
988 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
989 policy closes: Bug#53761
990 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
991 that use X closes: Bug#53762
992 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
993 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
994 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
995 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
996 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
997 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
998 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
999 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1000 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1002 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1003 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1004 to install with older fileutils.
1005 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1006 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1007 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1008 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1010 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1011 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1013 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1015 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1017 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1018 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1020 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1022 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1024 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1025 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1027 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1030 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1032 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1033 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1035 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1037 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1039 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1041 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1042 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1044 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1046 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1048 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1049 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1050 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1051 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1052 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1053 directoried (closes: #41547)
1054 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1055 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1056 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1057 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1058 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1059 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1060 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1061 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1062 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1063 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1064 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1066 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1067 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1068 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1069 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1070 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1071 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1072 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1074 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1075 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1076 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1077 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1079 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1081 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1083 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1084 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1086 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1088 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1090 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1091 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1093 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1095 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1097 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1098 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1100 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1101 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1102 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1103 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1104 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1105 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1106 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1107 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1108 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1109 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1110 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1111 this closes: Bug#38612
1112 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1113 before. closes: Bug#40864
1115 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1117 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1119 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1120 officially uploaded.
1121 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1123 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1124 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1125 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1127 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1128 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1129 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1130 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1131 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1132 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1134 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1135 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1136 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1138 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1140 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1141 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1142 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1143 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1144 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1146 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1148 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1150 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1151 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1152 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1153 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1154 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1155 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1156 there). closes: Bug#34233
1157 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1158 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1159 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1160 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1161 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1163 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1165 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1167 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1168 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1169 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1170 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1173 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1174 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1175 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1176 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1177 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1180 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1181 number. closes: BUG#25911
1183 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1184 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1185 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1186 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1187 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1188 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1190 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1191 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1192 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1195 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1196 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1197 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1199 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1200 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1201 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1202 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1204 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1205 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1206 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1208 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1210 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1211 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1212 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1213 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1214 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1215 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1216 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1217 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1220 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1222 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1223 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1226 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1228 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1230 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1232 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1234 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1236 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1237 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1238 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1239 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1240 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1241 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1242 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1243 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1245 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1246 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1248 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1250 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1252 * non-maintainer release
1253 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1254 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1256 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1257 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1258 * no content changes
1259 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1261 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1263 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1267 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1269 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1271 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1273 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1274 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1275 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1277 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1278 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1280 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1281 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1282 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1283 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1285 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1286 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1287 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1288 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1289 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1290 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1291 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1293 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1294 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1295 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1298 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1299 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1300 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1302 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1303 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1304 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1306 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1307 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1309 * New version numbering scheme:
1311 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1312 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1313 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1316 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1317 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1318 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1319 differ between the manuals.
1321 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1322 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1323 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1324 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1326 * Packaging changes:
1328 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1329 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1331 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1333 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1335 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1337 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1339 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1340 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1341 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1343 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1344 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1347 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1348 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1349 file extension as the referenced file
1351 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1352 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1354 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1355 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1356 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1357 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1360 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1361 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1362 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1364 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1365 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1366 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1367 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1370 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1371 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1374 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1375 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1376 reasonable default configuration
1378 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1379 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1380 by all news servers and clients
1382 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1383 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1384 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1385 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1386 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1388 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1389 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1392 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1394 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1395 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1397 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1400 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1401 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1403 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1404 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1406 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1408 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1410 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1412 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1413 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1414 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1415 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1417 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1419 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1420 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1421 * Don't use debstd anymore
1423 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1425 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1427 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1428 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1429 contrib/non-free policy
1430 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1431 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1432 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1433 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1434 - new section about `Daemons'
1435 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1436 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1437 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1438 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1439 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1440 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1441 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1442 * SGML source code included in package
1443 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1445 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1447 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1449 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1450 - completely reworked structure
1451 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1452 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1453 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1454 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1455 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1456 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1457 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1458 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1459 - mention "orphaned packages"
1460 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1461 distributions' policy
1462 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1463 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1464 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1465 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1466 - added section about arch spec strings
1467 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1468 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1469 - added section about "menus"
1470 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1471 the new documentation policy soon
1472 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1473 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1475 - added section about editors and pagers
1476 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1477 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1478 - added section about device files
1479 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1480 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1481 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1483 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1484 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1485 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1486 - Added new section about obsolete names
1487 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1488 * Fixed package's description
1490 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1492 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1494 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1496 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1498 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1500 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1501 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1502 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1503 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1505 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1507 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1509 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1510 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1511 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1513 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1514 and upload it "byhand" too.
1516 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1518 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1521 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1522 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1523 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1524 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1525 functionality must not have the same name.
1526 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1527 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1528 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1529 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1530 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1531 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1532 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1534 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1535 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1536 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1537 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1538 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1539 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1540 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1541 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1544 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1546 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1548 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1550 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1551 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1552 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1553 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1554 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1557 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1559 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1561 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1563 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1564 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1565 description of deb file format.
1566 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1567 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1569 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1571 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1572 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1574 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1576 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1578 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1579 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1580 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1581 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1582 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1583 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1584 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1585 packages in section on Procedure
1586 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1587 a package maintainer
1588 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1589 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1590 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1592 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1593 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1594 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1595 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1596 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1597 on various shlib files
1598 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1599 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1600 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1602 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1604 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1606 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1607 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1608 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1610 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1611 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1612 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1613 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1614 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1616 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1618 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1620 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1622 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1624 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1625 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1626 compatibility go in contrib.
1628 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1629 instructions in policy manual.
1630 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1633 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1635 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1637 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1638 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1639 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1640 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1642 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1643 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1646 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1648 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1650 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1651 * More detail about changelog format names.
1653 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1654 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1658 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1660 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1662 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1664 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1666 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1668 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1670 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1672 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1673 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1674 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1676 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1678 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1680 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1682 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1684 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1688 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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