1 debian-policy (3.5.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
4 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
5 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
6 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
8 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
9 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
13 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
15 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
16 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
17 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
18 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
20 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
21 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
22 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
24 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
27 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
29 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
31 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
32 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
33 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
34 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
35 package for the time being
36 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
37 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
38 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
39 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
40 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
41 * Rename all .text files as .txt
42 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
43 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
44 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
45 Build-Depends arch syntax
46 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
48 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
49 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
51 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
52 from policy maintenance duties.
53 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
54 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
56 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
58 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
60 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
62 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
64 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
66 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
67 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
68 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
69 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
70 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
71 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
72 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
73 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
74 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
75 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
76 minor version number for this
77 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
78 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
79 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
80 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
81 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
82 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
83 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
84 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
85 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
87 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
89 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
91 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
92 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
93 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
94 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
95 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
97 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
99 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
100 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
101 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
102 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
103 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
104 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
105 xutils closes: Bug#82966
106 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
107 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
108 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
109 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
110 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
111 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
112 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
113 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
114 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
117 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
119 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
121 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
122 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
124 * Document the Enhances relationship
125 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
126 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
127 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
128 policy. closes: Bug#53496
129 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
130 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
132 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
134 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
135 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
136 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
137 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
139 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
140 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
141 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
142 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
143 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
145 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
147 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
149 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
150 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
151 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
153 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
154 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
155 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
156 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
157 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
158 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
159 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
160 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
161 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
163 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
165 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
167 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
169 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
170 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
171 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
172 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
173 policy. closes: Bug#64437
174 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
175 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
176 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
177 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
178 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
179 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
180 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
181 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
182 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
183 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
184 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
185 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
186 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
187 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
188 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
189 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
190 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
192 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
193 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
195 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
197 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
199 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
200 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
201 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
202 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
203 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
204 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
205 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
206 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
207 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
208 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
209 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
210 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
211 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
212 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
213 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
214 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
215 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
216 alternative closes: Bug#53755
217 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
218 list closes: Bug#53756
219 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
220 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
221 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
222 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
223 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
224 policy closes: Bug#53760
225 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
226 policy closes: Bug#53761
227 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
228 that use X closes: Bug#53762
229 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
230 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
231 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
232 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
233 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
234 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
235 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
236 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
237 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
239 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
240 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
241 to install with older fileutils.
242 * Installed FHS version 2.1
243 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
244 * Added FHS details to copyright file
245 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
247 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
248 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
250 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
252 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
254 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
255 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
257 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
259 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
261 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
262 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
264 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
267 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
269 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
270 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
272 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
274 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
276 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
278 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
279 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
281 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
283 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
285 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
286 #45561, #42447, #48570)
287 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
288 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
289 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
290 directoried (closes: #41547)
291 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
292 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
293 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
294 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
295 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
296 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
297 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
298 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
299 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
300 package criteria (closes: #45318)
301 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
303 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
304 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
305 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
306 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
307 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
308 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
309 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
311 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
312 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
313 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
314 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
316 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
318 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
320 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
321 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
323 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
325 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
327 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
328 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
330 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
332 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
334 * A few typos and omissions corrected
335 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
337 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
338 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
339 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
340 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
341 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
342 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
343 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
344 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
345 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
346 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
347 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
348 this closes: Bug#38612
349 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
350 before. closes: Bug#40864
352 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
354 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
356 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
358 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
360 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
361 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
362 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
364 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
365 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
366 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
367 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
368 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
369 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
371 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
372 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
373 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
375 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
377 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
378 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
379 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
380 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
381 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
383 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
385 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
387 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
388 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
389 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
390 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
391 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
392 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
393 there). closes: Bug#34233
394 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
395 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
396 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
397 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
398 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
400 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
402 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
404 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
405 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
406 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
407 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
410 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
411 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
412 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
413 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
414 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
417 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
418 number. closes: BUG#25911
420 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
421 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
422 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
423 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
424 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
425 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
427 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
428 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
429 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
432 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
433 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
434 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
436 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
437 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
438 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
439 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
441 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
442 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
443 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
445 * Make the package optional, not extra.
447 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
448 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
449 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
450 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
451 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
452 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
453 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
454 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
457 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
459 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
460 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
463 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
465 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
467 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
469 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
471 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
473 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
474 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
475 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
476 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
477 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
478 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
479 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
480 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
482 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
483 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
485 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
487 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
489 * non-maintainer release
490 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
491 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
493 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
494 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
496 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
498 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
500 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
504 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
506 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
508 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
510 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
511 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
512 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
514 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
515 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
517 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
518 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
519 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
520 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
522 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
523 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
524 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
525 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
526 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
527 and restart options and to comply with the console message
528 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
530 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
531 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
532 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
535 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
536 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
537 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
539 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
540 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
541 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
543 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
544 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
546 * New version numbering scheme:
548 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
549 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
550 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
553 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
554 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
555 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
556 differ between the manuals.
558 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
559 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
560 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
561 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
565 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
566 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
568 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
570 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
572 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
574 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
576 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
577 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
578 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
580 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
581 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
584 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
585 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
586 file extension as the referenced file
588 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
589 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
591 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
592 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
593 start, stop, restart, force-reload
594 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
597 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
598 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
599 be installed into /etc/cron.d
601 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
602 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
603 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
604 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
607 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
608 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
611 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
612 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
613 reasonable default configuration
615 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
616 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
617 by all news servers and clients
619 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
620 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
621 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
622 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
623 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
625 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
626 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
629 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
631 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
632 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
634 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
637 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
638 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
640 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
641 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
643 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
645 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
647 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
649 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
650 - X library package is now called xlib6g
651 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
652 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
654 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
656 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
657 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
658 * Don't use debstd anymore
660 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
662 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
664 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
665 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
666 contrib/non-free policy
667 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
668 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
669 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
670 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
671 - new section about `Daemons'
672 - updated section about `Configuration files'
673 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
674 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
675 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
676 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
677 * Paper about libc6 migration:
678 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
679 * SGML source code included in package
680 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
682 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
684 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
686 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
687 - completely reworked structure
688 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
689 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
690 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
691 - removed all those ugly footnotes
692 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
693 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
694 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
695 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
696 - mention "orphaned packages"
697 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
698 distributions' policy
699 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
700 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
701 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
702 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
703 - added section about arch spec strings
704 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
705 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
706 - added section about "menus"
707 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
708 the new documentation policy soon
709 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
710 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
712 - added section about editors and pagers
713 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
714 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
715 - added section about device files
716 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
717 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
718 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
720 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
721 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
722 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
723 - Added new section about obsolete names
724 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
725 * Fixed package's description
727 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
729 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
731 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
733 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
735 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
737 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
738 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
739 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
740 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
742 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
744 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
746 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
747 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
748 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
750 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
751 and upload it "byhand" too.
753 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
755 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
758 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
759 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
760 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
761 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
762 functionality must not have the same name.
763 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
764 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
765 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
766 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
767 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
768 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
769 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
771 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
772 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
773 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
774 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
775 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
776 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
777 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
778 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
781 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
783 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
785 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
787 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
788 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
789 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
790 a package into. (Guy Maor)
791 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
794 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
796 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
798 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
800 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
801 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
802 description of deb file format.
803 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
804 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
806 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
808 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
809 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
811 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
813 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
815 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
816 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
817 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
818 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
819 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
820 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
821 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
822 packages in section on Procedure
823 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
825 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
826 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
827 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
829 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
830 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
831 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
832 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
833 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
834 on various shlib files
835 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
836 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
837 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
839 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
841 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
843 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
844 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
845 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
847 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
848 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
849 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
850 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
851 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
853 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
855 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
857 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
859 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
861 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
862 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
863 compatibility go in contrib.
865 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
866 instructions in policy manual.
867 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
870 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
872 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
874 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
875 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
876 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
877 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
879 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
880 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
883 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
885 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
887 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
888 * More detail about changelog format names.
890 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
891 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
895 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
897 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
899 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
901 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
903 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
905 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
907 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
909 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
910 * More verbosity about netiquette.
911 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
913 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
915 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
917 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
919 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
921 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
925 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100