1 debian-policy (3.8.1.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
6 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:45:46 -0700
8 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
10 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
11 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
13 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
15 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
16 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
18 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
20 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
21 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
22 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
25 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
26 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
27 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
28 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
30 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
31 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
32 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
33 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
35 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
36 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
37 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
38 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
40 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
41 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
42 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
43 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
45 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
46 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
47 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
48 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
50 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
51 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
52 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
53 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
55 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
56 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
57 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
58 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
60 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
61 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
62 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
63 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
64 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
66 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
67 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
68 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
69 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
70 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
71 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
72 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
73 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
74 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
75 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
76 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
77 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
78 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
79 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
80 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
81 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
82 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
83 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
84 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
85 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
86 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
87 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
88 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
89 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
90 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
91 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
92 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
93 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
94 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
95 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
97 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
98 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
99 links was completed long ago.
100 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
102 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
104 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
106 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
107 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
109 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
111 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
113 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
114 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
115 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
116 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
117 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
118 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
119 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
120 Millan (Closes: #209008).
121 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
122 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
124 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
126 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
128 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
129 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
130 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
131 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
132 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
133 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
134 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
136 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
137 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
138 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
139 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
141 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
142 Küster (Closes: #403391).
143 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
144 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
145 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
146 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
147 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
148 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
149 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
150 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
151 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
152 Closes: #186700, #458910
153 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
154 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
155 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
157 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
158 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
159 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
160 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
161 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
162 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
163 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
164 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
166 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
167 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
169 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
170 * Add an md5sums control file.
171 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
172 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
173 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
174 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
175 currently part of policy.
176 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
177 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
178 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
181 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
183 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
185 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
186 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
187 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
188 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
189 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
190 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
191 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
192 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
193 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
194 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
195 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
196 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
197 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
198 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
199 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
200 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
202 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
204 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
205 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
206 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
208 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
209 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
210 list?" (Closes: #412634).
211 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
212 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
213 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
214 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
215 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
216 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
217 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
218 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
219 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
220 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
221 debconf specification.
222 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
223 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
225 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
227 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
229 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
230 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
231 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
232 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
233 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
235 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
237 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
238 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
239 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
240 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
241 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
243 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
244 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
245 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
246 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
247 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
248 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
249 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
250 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
251 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
252 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
253 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
254 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
255 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
256 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
257 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
258 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
260 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
262 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
263 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
264 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
265 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
266 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
267 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
268 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
269 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
271 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
273 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
275 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
276 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
277 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
278 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
279 Polo (Closes: #372497).
280 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
281 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
283 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
284 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
285 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
286 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
287 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
288 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
289 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
290 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
291 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
292 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
294 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
295 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
296 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
297 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
298 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
299 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
301 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
303 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
305 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
306 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
307 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
308 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
310 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
311 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
313 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
315 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
317 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
318 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
319 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
320 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
321 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
322 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
323 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
324 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
325 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
326 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
328 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
329 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
330 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
331 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
332 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
333 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
334 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
335 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
336 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
337 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
338 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
341 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
343 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
345 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
346 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
347 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
348 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
349 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
350 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
351 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
352 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
353 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
354 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
355 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
356 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
357 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
358 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
359 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
360 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
361 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
362 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
363 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
364 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
365 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
366 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
367 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
368 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
369 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
370 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
371 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
372 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
374 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
375 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
376 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
377 Hess (Closes: #362247).
378 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
379 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
380 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
381 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
382 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
383 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
384 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
385 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
386 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
387 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
388 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
389 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
391 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
392 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
394 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
395 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
396 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
397 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
398 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
399 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
400 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
401 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
402 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
403 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
404 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
406 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
408 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
411 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
412 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
413 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
414 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
415 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
416 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
417 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
418 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
419 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
420 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
421 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
422 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
423 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
425 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
426 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
427 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
428 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
429 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
430 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
431 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
432 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
433 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
434 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
435 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
436 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
437 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
438 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
439 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
440 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
441 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
442 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
443 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
446 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
448 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
450 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
451 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
452 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
453 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
455 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
456 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
457 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
458 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
460 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
462 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
465 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
466 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
467 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
468 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
469 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
470 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
471 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
472 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
473 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
474 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
476 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
477 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
478 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
480 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
481 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
482 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
483 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
484 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
485 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
486 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
488 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
489 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
490 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
491 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
493 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
494 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
495 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
496 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
497 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
498 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
499 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
500 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
502 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
503 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
504 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
505 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
506 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
507 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
508 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
509 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
510 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
511 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
512 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
513 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
514 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
515 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
516 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
517 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
518 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
520 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
522 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
525 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
526 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
527 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
528 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
529 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
530 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
531 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
532 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
533 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
535 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
536 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
537 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
538 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
539 this section. closes: Bug#248618
540 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
541 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
542 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
543 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
544 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
545 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
546 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
547 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
548 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
549 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
550 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
551 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
553 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
554 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
555 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
558 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
559 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
560 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
562 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
563 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
564 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
565 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
566 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
567 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
569 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
570 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
572 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
573 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
574 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
575 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
576 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
577 Closes: #185943, #237049
579 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
581 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
584 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
587 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
588 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
589 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
590 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
591 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
592 running. closes: Bug#187250
593 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
594 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
595 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
596 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
597 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
598 user closes: Bug#176506
600 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
602 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
605 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
606 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
607 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
608 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
609 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
610 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
611 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
612 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
613 deb-building toolchain.
614 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
615 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
616 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
617 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
618 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
619 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
620 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
621 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
622 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
623 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
624 sections about changelog files.
626 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
627 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
628 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
629 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
630 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
631 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
633 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
634 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
635 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
636 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
637 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
638 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
639 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
640 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
641 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
642 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
643 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
644 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
645 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
646 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
647 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
648 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
649 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
650 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
651 for the restructuring
653 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
655 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
658 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
660 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
661 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
662 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
663 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
664 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
665 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
667 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
668 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
669 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
670 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
671 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
672 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
673 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
675 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
676 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
677 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
678 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
680 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
682 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
685 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
686 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
687 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
688 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
689 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
690 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
692 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
693 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
694 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
695 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
697 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
698 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
699 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
700 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
701 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
702 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
703 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
704 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
705 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
707 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
708 script should start it, closes: #60979
709 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
710 "should", closes: #170019
711 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
712 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
713 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
714 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
715 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
716 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
717 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
718 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
721 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
723 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
726 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
727 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
728 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
729 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
730 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
731 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
732 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
733 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
734 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
736 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
737 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
738 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
739 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
740 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
741 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
742 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
743 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
744 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
746 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
747 file, closes: Bug#65764
749 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
751 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
753 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
754 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
755 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
756 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
757 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
758 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
759 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
760 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
761 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
762 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
763 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
764 details. closes: Bug#133030
765 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
766 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
769 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
771 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
773 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
774 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
775 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
776 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
777 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
778 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
779 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
780 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
781 not. closes: Bug#139820
782 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
783 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
784 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
785 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
786 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
787 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
788 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
789 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
790 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
791 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
793 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
795 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
796 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
797 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
798 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
799 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
800 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
801 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
802 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
803 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
804 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
805 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
806 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
807 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
808 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
809 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
810 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
811 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
812 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
813 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
814 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
816 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
817 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
818 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
819 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
820 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
821 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
822 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
824 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
825 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
826 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
827 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
828 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
829 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
830 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
831 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
832 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
834 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
836 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
838 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
839 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
840 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
841 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
842 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
843 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
844 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
845 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
846 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
847 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
848 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
849 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
850 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
851 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
852 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
853 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
854 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
855 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
856 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
857 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
858 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
859 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
860 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
862 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
864 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
866 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
867 medium, high, emergency.
868 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
869 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
870 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
871 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
872 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
875 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
876 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
877 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
879 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
880 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
881 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
882 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
883 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
884 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
885 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
888 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
890 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
892 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
893 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
894 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
895 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
897 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
898 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
899 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
900 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
901 debian/rules to do this
902 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
903 patches are incorporated upstream
904 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
905 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
906 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
907 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
908 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
909 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
911 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
912 system closes: Bug#91249
913 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
914 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
915 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
916 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
917 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
918 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
919 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
920 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
921 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
922 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
923 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
924 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
925 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
927 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
929 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
931 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
932 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
933 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
934 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
936 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
937 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
938 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
940 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
943 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
945 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
947 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
948 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
949 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
950 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
951 package for the time being
952 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
953 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
954 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
955 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
956 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
957 * Rename all .text files as .txt
958 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
959 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
960 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
961 Build-Depends arch syntax
962 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
964 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
965 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
967 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
968 from policy maintenance duties.
969 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
970 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
972 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
974 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
976 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
978 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
980 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
982 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
983 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
984 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
985 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
986 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
987 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
988 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
989 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
990 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
991 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
992 minor version number for this
993 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
994 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
995 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
996 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
997 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
998 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
999 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1000 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1001 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1003 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1005 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1007 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1008 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1009 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1010 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1011 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1013 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1015 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1016 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1017 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1018 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1019 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1020 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1021 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1022 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1023 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1024 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1025 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1026 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1027 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1028 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1029 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1030 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1033 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1035 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1037 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1038 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1040 * Document the Enhances relationship
1041 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1042 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1043 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1044 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1045 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1046 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1048 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1050 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1051 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1052 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1053 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1055 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1056 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1057 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1058 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1059 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1061 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1063 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1065 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1066 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1067 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1069 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1070 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1071 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1072 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1073 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1074 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1075 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1076 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1077 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1079 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1081 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1083 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1085 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1086 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1087 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1088 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1089 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1090 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1091 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1092 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1093 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1094 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1095 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1096 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1097 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1098 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1099 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1100 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1101 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1102 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1103 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1104 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1105 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1106 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1108 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1109 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1111 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1113 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1115 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1116 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1117 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1118 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1119 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1120 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1121 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1122 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1123 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1124 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1125 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1126 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1127 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1128 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1129 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1130 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1131 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1132 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1133 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1134 list closes: Bug#53756
1135 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1136 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1137 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1138 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1139 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1140 policy closes: Bug#53760
1141 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1142 policy closes: Bug#53761
1143 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1144 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1145 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1146 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1147 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1148 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1149 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1150 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1151 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1152 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1153 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1155 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1156 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1157 to install with older fileutils.
1158 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1159 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1160 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1161 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1163 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1164 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1166 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1168 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1170 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1171 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1173 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1175 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1177 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1178 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1180 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1183 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1185 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1186 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1188 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1190 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1192 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1194 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1195 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1197 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1199 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1201 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1202 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1203 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1204 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1205 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1206 directoried (closes: #41547)
1207 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1208 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1209 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1210 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1211 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1212 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1213 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1214 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1215 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1216 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1217 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1219 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1220 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1221 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1222 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1223 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1224 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1225 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1227 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1228 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1229 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1230 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1232 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1234 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1236 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1237 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1239 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1241 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1243 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1244 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1246 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1248 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1250 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1251 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1253 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1254 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1255 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1256 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1257 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1258 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1259 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1260 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1261 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1262 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1263 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1264 this closes: Bug#38612
1265 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1266 before. closes: Bug#40864
1268 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1270 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1272 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1273 officially uploaded.
1274 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1276 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1277 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1278 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1280 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1281 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1282 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1283 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1284 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1285 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1287 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1288 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1289 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1291 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1293 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1294 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1295 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1296 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1297 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1299 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1301 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1303 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1304 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1305 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1306 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1307 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1308 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1309 there). closes: Bug#34233
1310 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1311 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1312 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1313 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1314 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1316 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1318 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1320 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1321 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1322 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1323 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1326 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1327 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1328 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1329 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1330 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1333 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1334 number. closes: BUG#25911
1336 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1337 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1338 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1339 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1340 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1341 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1343 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1344 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1345 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1348 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1349 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1350 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1352 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1353 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1354 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1355 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1357 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1358 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1359 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1361 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1363 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1364 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1365 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1366 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1367 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1368 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1369 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1370 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1373 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1375 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1376 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1379 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1381 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1383 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1385 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1387 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1389 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1390 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1391 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1392 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1393 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1394 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1395 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1396 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1398 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1399 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1401 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1403 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1405 * non-maintainer release
1406 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1407 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1409 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1410 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1411 * no content changes
1412 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1414 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1416 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1420 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1422 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1424 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1426 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1427 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1428 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1430 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1431 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1433 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1434 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1435 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1436 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1438 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1439 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1440 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1441 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1442 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1443 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1444 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1446 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1447 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1448 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1451 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1452 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1453 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1455 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1456 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1457 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1459 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1460 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1462 * New version numbering scheme:
1464 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1465 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1466 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1469 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1470 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1471 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1472 differ between the manuals.
1474 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1475 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1476 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1477 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1479 * Packaging changes:
1481 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1482 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1484 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1486 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1488 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1490 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1492 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1493 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1494 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1496 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1497 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1500 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1501 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1502 file extension as the referenced file
1504 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1505 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1507 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1508 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1509 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1510 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1513 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1514 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1515 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1517 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1518 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1519 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1520 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1523 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1524 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1527 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1528 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1529 reasonable default configuration
1531 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1532 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1533 by all news servers and clients
1535 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1536 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1537 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1538 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1539 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1541 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1542 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1545 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1547 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1548 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1550 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1553 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1554 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1556 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1557 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1559 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1561 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1563 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1565 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1566 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1567 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1568 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1570 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1572 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1573 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1574 * Don't use debstd anymore
1576 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1578 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1580 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1581 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1582 contrib/non-free policy
1583 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1584 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1585 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1586 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1587 - new section about `Daemons'
1588 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1589 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1590 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1591 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1592 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1593 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1594 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1595 * SGML source code included in package
1596 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1598 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1600 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1602 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1603 - completely reworked structure
1604 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1605 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1606 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1607 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1608 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1609 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1610 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1611 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1612 - mention "orphaned packages"
1613 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1614 distributions' policy
1615 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1616 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1617 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1618 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1619 - added section about arch spec strings
1620 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1621 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1622 - added section about "menus"
1623 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1624 the new documentation policy soon
1625 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1626 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1628 - added section about editors and pagers
1629 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1630 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1631 - added section about device files
1632 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1633 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1634 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1636 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1637 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1638 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1639 - Added new section about obsolete names
1640 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1641 * Fixed package's description
1643 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1645 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1647 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1649 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1651 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1653 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1654 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1655 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1656 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1658 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1660 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1662 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1663 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1664 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1666 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1667 and upload it "byhand" too.
1669 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1671 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1674 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1675 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1676 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1677 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1678 functionality must not have the same name.
1679 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1680 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1681 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1682 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1683 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1684 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1685 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1687 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1688 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1689 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1690 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1691 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1692 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1693 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1694 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1697 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1699 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1701 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1703 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1704 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1705 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1706 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1707 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1710 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1712 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1714 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1716 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1717 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1718 description of deb file format.
1719 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1720 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1722 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1724 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1725 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1727 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1729 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1731 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1732 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1733 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1734 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1735 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1736 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1737 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1738 packages in section on Procedure
1739 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1740 a package maintainer
1741 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1742 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1743 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1745 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1746 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1747 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1748 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1749 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1750 on various shlib files
1751 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1752 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1753 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1755 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1757 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1759 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1760 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1761 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1763 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1764 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1765 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1766 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1767 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1769 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1771 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1773 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1775 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1777 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1778 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1779 compatibility go in contrib.
1781 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1782 instructions in policy manual.
1783 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1786 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1788 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1790 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1791 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1792 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1793 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1795 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1796 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1799 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1801 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1803 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1804 * More detail about changelog format names.
1806 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1807 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1811 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1813 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1815 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1817 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1819 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1821 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1823 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1825 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1826 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1827 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1829 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1831 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1833 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1835 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1837 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1841 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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