1 debian-policy (3.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
7 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Mon, 21 Jul 2003 12:17:57 +0200
9 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
12 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
13 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
14 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
15 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
16 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
17 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
18 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
19 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
20 deb-building toolchain.
21 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
22 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
23 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
24 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
25 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
26 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
27 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
28 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
29 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
30 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
31 sections about changelog files.
33 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
34 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
35 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
36 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
37 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
38 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
40 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
41 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
42 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
43 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
44 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
45 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
46 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
47 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
48 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
49 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
50 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
51 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
52 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
53 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
54 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
55 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
56 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
57 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
60 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
62 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
65 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
67 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
68 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
69 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
70 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
71 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
72 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
74 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
75 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
76 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
77 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
78 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
79 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
80 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
82 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
83 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
84 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
85 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
87 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
89 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
92 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
93 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
94 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
95 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
96 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
97 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
99 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
100 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
101 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
102 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
104 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
105 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
106 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
107 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
108 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
109 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
110 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
111 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
112 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
114 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
115 script should start it, closes: #60979
116 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
117 "should", closes: #170019
118 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
119 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
120 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
121 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
122 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
123 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
124 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
125 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
128 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
130 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
133 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
134 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
135 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
136 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
137 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
138 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
139 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
140 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
141 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
143 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
144 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
145 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
146 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
147 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
148 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
149 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
150 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
151 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
153 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
154 file, closes: Bug#65764
156 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
158 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
160 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
161 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
162 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
163 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
164 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
165 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
166 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
167 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
168 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
169 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
170 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
171 details. closes: Bug#133030
172 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
173 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
176 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
178 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
180 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
181 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
182 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
183 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
184 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
185 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
186 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
187 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
188 not. closes: Bug#139820
189 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
190 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
191 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
192 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
193 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
194 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
195 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
196 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
197 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
198 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
200 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
202 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
203 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
204 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
205 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
206 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
207 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
208 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
209 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
210 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
211 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
212 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
213 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
214 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
215 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
216 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
217 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
218 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
219 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
220 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
221 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
223 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
224 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
225 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
226 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
227 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
228 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
229 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
231 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
232 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
233 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
234 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
235 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
236 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
237 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
238 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
239 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
241 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
243 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
245 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
246 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
247 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
248 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
249 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
250 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
251 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
252 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
253 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
254 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
255 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
256 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
257 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
258 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
259 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
260 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
261 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
262 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
263 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
264 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
265 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
266 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
267 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
269 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
271 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
273 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
274 medium, high, emergency.
275 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
276 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
277 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
278 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
279 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
282 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
283 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
284 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
286 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
287 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
288 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
289 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
290 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
291 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
292 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
295 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
297 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
299 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
300 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
301 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
302 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
304 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
305 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
306 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
307 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
308 debian/rules to do this
309 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
310 patches are incorporated upstream
311 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
312 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
313 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
314 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
315 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
316 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
318 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
319 system closes: Bug#91249
320 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
321 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
322 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
323 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
324 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
325 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
326 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
327 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
328 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
329 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
330 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
331 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
332 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
334 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
336 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
338 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
339 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
340 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
341 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
343 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
344 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
345 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
347 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
350 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
352 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
354 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
355 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
356 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
357 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
358 package for the time being
359 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
360 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
361 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
362 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
363 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
364 * Rename all .text files as .txt
365 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
366 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
367 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
368 Build-Depends arch syntax
369 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
371 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
372 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
374 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
375 from policy maintenance duties.
376 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
377 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
379 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
381 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
383 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
385 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
387 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
389 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
390 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
391 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
392 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
393 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
394 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
395 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
396 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
397 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
398 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
399 minor version number for this
400 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
401 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
402 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
403 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
404 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
405 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
406 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
407 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
408 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
410 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
412 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
414 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
415 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
416 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
417 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
418 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
420 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
422 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
423 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
424 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
425 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
426 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
427 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
428 xutils closes: Bug#82966
429 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
430 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
431 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
432 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
433 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
434 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
435 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
436 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
437 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
440 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
442 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
444 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
445 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
447 * Document the Enhances relationship
448 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
449 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
450 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
451 policy. closes: Bug#53496
452 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
453 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
455 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
457 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
458 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
459 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
460 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
462 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
463 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
464 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
465 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
466 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
468 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
470 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
472 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
473 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
474 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
476 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
477 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
478 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
479 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
480 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
481 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
482 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
483 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
484 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
486 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
488 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
490 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
492 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
493 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
494 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
495 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
496 policy. closes: Bug#64437
497 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
498 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
499 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
500 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
501 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
502 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
503 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
504 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
505 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
506 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
507 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
508 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
509 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
510 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
511 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
512 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
513 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
515 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
516 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
518 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
520 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
522 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
523 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
524 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
525 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
526 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
527 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
528 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
529 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
530 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
531 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
532 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
533 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
534 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
535 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
536 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
537 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
538 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
539 alternative closes: Bug#53755
540 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
541 list closes: Bug#53756
542 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
543 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
544 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
545 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
546 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
547 policy closes: Bug#53760
548 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
549 policy closes: Bug#53761
550 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
551 that use X closes: Bug#53762
552 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
553 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
554 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
555 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
556 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
557 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
558 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
559 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
560 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
562 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
563 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
564 to install with older fileutils.
565 * Installed FHS version 2.1
566 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
567 * Added FHS details to copyright file
568 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
570 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
571 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
573 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
575 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
577 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
578 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
580 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
582 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
584 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
585 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
587 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
590 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
592 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
593 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
595 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
597 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
599 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
601 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
602 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
604 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
606 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
608 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
609 #45561, #42447, #48570)
610 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
611 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
612 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
613 directoried (closes: #41547)
614 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
615 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
616 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
617 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
618 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
619 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
620 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
621 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
622 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
623 package criteria (closes: #45318)
624 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
626 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
627 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
628 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
629 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
630 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
631 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
632 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
634 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
635 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
636 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
637 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
639 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
641 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
643 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
644 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
646 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
648 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
650 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
651 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
653 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
655 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
657 * A few typos and omissions corrected
658 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
660 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
661 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
662 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
663 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
664 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
665 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
666 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
667 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
668 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
669 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
670 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
671 this closes: Bug#38612
672 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
673 before. closes: Bug#40864
675 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
677 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
679 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
681 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
683 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
684 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
685 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
687 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
688 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
689 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
690 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
691 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
692 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
694 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
695 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
696 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
698 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
700 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
701 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
702 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
703 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
704 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
706 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
708 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
710 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
711 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
712 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
713 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
714 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
715 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
716 there). closes: Bug#34233
717 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
718 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
719 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
720 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
721 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
723 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
725 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
727 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
728 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
729 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
730 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
733 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
734 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
735 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
736 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
737 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
740 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
741 number. closes: BUG#25911
743 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
744 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
745 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
746 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
747 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
748 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
750 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
751 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
752 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
755 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
756 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
757 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
759 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
760 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
761 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
762 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
764 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
765 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
766 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
768 * Make the package optional, not extra.
770 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
771 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
772 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
773 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
774 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
775 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
776 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
777 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
780 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
782 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
783 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
786 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
788 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
790 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
792 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
794 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
796 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
797 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
798 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
799 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
800 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
801 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
802 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
803 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
805 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
806 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
808 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
810 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
812 * non-maintainer release
813 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
814 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
816 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
817 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
819 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
821 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
823 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
827 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
829 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
831 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
833 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
834 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
835 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
837 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
838 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
840 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
841 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
842 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
843 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
845 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
846 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
847 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
848 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
849 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
850 and restart options and to comply with the console message
851 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
853 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
854 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
855 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
858 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
859 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
860 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
862 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
863 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
864 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
866 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
867 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
869 * New version numbering scheme:
871 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
872 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
873 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
876 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
877 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
878 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
879 differ between the manuals.
881 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
882 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
883 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
884 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
888 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
889 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
891 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
893 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
895 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
897 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
899 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
900 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
901 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
903 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
904 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
907 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
908 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
909 file extension as the referenced file
911 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
912 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
914 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
915 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
916 start, stop, restart, force-reload
917 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
920 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
921 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
922 be installed into /etc/cron.d
924 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
925 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
926 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
927 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
930 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
931 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
934 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
935 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
936 reasonable default configuration
938 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
939 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
940 by all news servers and clients
942 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
943 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
944 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
945 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
946 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
948 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
949 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
952 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
954 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
955 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
957 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
960 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
961 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
963 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
964 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
966 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
968 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
970 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
972 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
973 - X library package is now called xlib6g
974 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
975 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
977 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
979 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
980 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
981 * Don't use debstd anymore
983 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
985 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
987 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
988 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
989 contrib/non-free policy
990 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
991 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
992 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
993 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
994 - new section about `Daemons'
995 - updated section about `Configuration files'
996 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
997 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
998 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
999 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1000 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1001 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1002 * SGML source code included in package
1003 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1005 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1007 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1009 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1010 - completely reworked structure
1011 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1012 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1013 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1014 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1015 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1016 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1017 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1018 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1019 - mention "orphaned packages"
1020 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1021 distributions' policy
1022 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1023 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1024 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1025 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1026 - added section about arch spec strings
1027 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1028 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1029 - added section about "menus"
1030 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1031 the new documentation policy soon
1032 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1033 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1035 - added section about editors and pagers
1036 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1037 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1038 - added section about device files
1039 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1040 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1041 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1043 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1044 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1045 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1046 - Added new section about obsolete names
1047 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1048 * Fixed package's description
1050 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1052 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1054 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1056 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1058 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1060 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1061 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1062 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1063 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1065 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1067 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1069 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1070 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1071 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1073 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1074 and upload it "byhand" too.
1076 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1078 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1081 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1082 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1083 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1084 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1085 functionality must not have the same name.
1086 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1087 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1088 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1089 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1090 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1091 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1092 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1094 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1095 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1096 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1097 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1098 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1099 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1100 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1101 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1104 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1106 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1108 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1110 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1111 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1112 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1113 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1114 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1117 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1119 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1121 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1123 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1124 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1125 description of deb file format.
1126 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1127 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1129 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1131 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1132 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1134 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1136 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1138 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1139 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1140 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1141 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1142 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1143 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1144 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1145 packages in section on Procedure
1146 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1147 a package maintainer
1148 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1149 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1150 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1152 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1153 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1154 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1155 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1156 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1157 on various shlib files
1158 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1159 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1160 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1162 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1164 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1166 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1167 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1168 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1170 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1171 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1172 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1173 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1174 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1176 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1178 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1180 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1182 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1184 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1185 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1186 compatibility go in contrib.
1188 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1189 instructions in policy manual.
1190 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1193 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1195 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1197 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1198 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1199 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1200 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1202 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1203 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1206 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1208 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1210 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1211 * More detail about changelog format names.
1213 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1214 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1218 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1220 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1222 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1224 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1226 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1228 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1230 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1232 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1233 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1234 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1236 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1238 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1240 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1242 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1244 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1248 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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