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
10 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
11 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
12 debian/rules to do this
16 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
18 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
19 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
20 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
21 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
23 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
24 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
25 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
27 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
30 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
32 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
34 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
35 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
36 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
37 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
38 package for the time being
39 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
40 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
41 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
42 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
43 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
44 * Rename all .text files as .txt
45 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
46 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
47 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
48 Build-Depends arch syntax
49 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
51 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
52 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
54 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
55 from policy maintenance duties.
56 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
57 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
59 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
61 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
63 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
65 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
67 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
69 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
70 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
71 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
72 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
73 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
74 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
75 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
76 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
77 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
78 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
79 minor version number for this
80 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
81 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
82 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
83 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
84 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
85 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
86 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
87 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
88 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
90 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
92 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
94 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
95 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
96 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
97 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
98 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
100 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
102 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
103 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
104 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
105 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
106 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
107 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
108 xutils closes: Bug#82966
109 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
110 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
111 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
112 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
113 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
114 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
115 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
116 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
117 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
120 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
122 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
124 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
125 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
127 * Document the Enhances relationship
128 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
129 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
130 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
131 policy. closes: Bug#53496
132 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
133 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
135 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
137 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
138 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
139 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
140 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
142 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
143 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
144 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
145 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
146 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
148 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
150 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
152 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
153 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
154 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
156 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
157 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
158 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
159 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
160 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
161 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
162 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
163 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
164 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
166 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
168 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
170 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
172 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
173 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
174 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
175 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
176 policy. closes: Bug#64437
177 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
178 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
179 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
180 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
181 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
182 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
183 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
184 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
185 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
186 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
187 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
188 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
189 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
190 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
191 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
192 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
193 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
195 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
196 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
198 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
200 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
202 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
203 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
204 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
205 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
206 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
207 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
208 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
209 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
210 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
211 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
212 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
213 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
214 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
215 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
216 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
217 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
218 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
219 alternative closes: Bug#53755
220 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
221 list closes: Bug#53756
222 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
223 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
224 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
225 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
226 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
227 policy closes: Bug#53760
228 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
229 policy closes: Bug#53761
230 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
231 that use X closes: Bug#53762
232 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
233 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
234 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
235 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
236 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
237 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
238 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
239 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
240 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
242 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
243 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
244 to install with older fileutils.
245 * Installed FHS version 2.1
246 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
247 * Added FHS details to copyright file
248 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
250 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
251 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
253 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
255 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
257 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
258 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
260 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
262 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
264 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
265 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
267 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
270 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
272 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
273 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
275 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
277 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
279 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
281 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
282 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
284 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
286 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
288 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
289 #45561, #42447, #48570)
290 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
291 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
292 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
293 directoried (closes: #41547)
294 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
295 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
296 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
297 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
298 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
299 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
300 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
301 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
302 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
303 package criteria (closes: #45318)
304 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
306 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
307 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
308 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
309 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
310 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
311 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
312 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
314 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
315 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
316 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
317 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
319 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
321 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
323 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
324 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
326 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
328 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
330 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
331 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
333 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
335 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
337 * A few typos and omissions corrected
338 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
340 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
341 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
342 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
343 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
344 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
345 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
346 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
347 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
348 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
349 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
350 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
351 this closes: Bug#38612
352 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
353 before. closes: Bug#40864
355 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
357 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
359 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
361 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
363 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
364 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
365 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
367 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
368 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
369 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
370 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
371 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
372 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
374 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
375 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
376 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
378 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
380 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
381 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
382 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
383 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
384 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
386 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
388 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
390 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
391 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
392 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
393 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
394 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
395 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
396 there). closes: Bug#34233
397 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
398 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
399 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
400 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
401 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
403 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
405 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
407 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
408 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
409 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
410 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
413 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
414 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
415 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
416 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
417 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
420 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
421 number. closes: BUG#25911
423 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
424 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
425 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
426 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
427 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
428 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
430 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
431 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
432 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
435 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
436 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
437 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
439 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
440 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
441 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
442 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
444 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
445 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
446 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
448 * Make the package optional, not extra.
450 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
451 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
452 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
453 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
454 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
455 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
456 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
457 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
460 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
462 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
463 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
466 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
468 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
470 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
472 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
474 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
476 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
477 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
478 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
479 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
480 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
481 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
482 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
483 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
485 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
486 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
488 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
490 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
492 * non-maintainer release
493 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
494 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
496 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
497 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
499 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
501 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
503 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
507 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
509 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
511 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
513 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
514 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
515 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
517 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
518 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
520 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
521 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
522 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
523 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
525 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
526 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
527 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
528 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
529 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
530 and restart options and to comply with the console message
531 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
533 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
534 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
535 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
538 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
539 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
540 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
542 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
543 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
544 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
546 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
547 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
549 * New version numbering scheme:
551 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
552 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
553 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
556 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
557 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
558 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
559 differ between the manuals.
561 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
562 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
563 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
564 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
568 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
569 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
571 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
573 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
575 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
577 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
579 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
580 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
581 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
583 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
584 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
587 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
588 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
589 file extension as the referenced file
591 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
592 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
594 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
595 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
596 start, stop, restart, force-reload
597 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
600 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
601 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
602 be installed into /etc/cron.d
604 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
605 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
606 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
607 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
610 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
611 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
614 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
615 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
616 reasonable default configuration
618 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
619 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
620 by all news servers and clients
622 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
623 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
624 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
625 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
626 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
628 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
629 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
632 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
634 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
635 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
637 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
640 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
641 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
643 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
644 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
646 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
648 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
650 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
652 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
653 - X library package is now called xlib6g
654 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
655 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
657 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
659 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
660 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
661 * Don't use debstd anymore
663 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
665 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
667 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
668 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
669 contrib/non-free policy
670 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
671 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
672 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
673 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
674 - new section about `Daemons'
675 - updated section about `Configuration files'
676 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
677 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
678 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
679 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
680 * Paper about libc6 migration:
681 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
682 * SGML source code included in package
683 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
685 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
687 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
689 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
690 - completely reworked structure
691 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
692 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
693 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
694 - removed all those ugly footnotes
695 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
696 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
697 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
698 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
699 - mention "orphaned packages"
700 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
701 distributions' policy
702 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
703 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
704 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
705 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
706 - added section about arch spec strings
707 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
708 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
709 - added section about "menus"
710 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
711 the new documentation policy soon
712 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
713 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
715 - added section about editors and pagers
716 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
717 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
718 - added section about device files
719 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
720 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
721 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
723 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
724 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
725 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
726 - Added new section about obsolete names
727 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
728 * Fixed package's description
730 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
732 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
734 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
736 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
738 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
740 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
741 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
742 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
743 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
745 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
747 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
749 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
750 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
751 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
753 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
754 and upload it "byhand" too.
756 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
758 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
761 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
762 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
763 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
764 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
765 functionality must not have the same name.
766 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
767 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
768 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
769 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
770 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
771 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
772 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
774 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
775 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
776 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
777 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
778 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
779 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
780 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
781 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
784 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
786 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
788 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
790 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
791 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
792 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
793 a package into. (Guy Maor)
794 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
797 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
799 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
801 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
803 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
804 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
805 description of deb file format.
806 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
807 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
809 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
811 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
812 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
814 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
816 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
818 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
819 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
820 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
821 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
822 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
823 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
824 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
825 packages in section on Procedure
826 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
828 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
829 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
830 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
832 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
833 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
834 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
835 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
836 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
837 on various shlib files
838 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
839 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
840 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
842 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
844 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
846 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
847 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
848 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
850 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
851 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
852 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
853 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
854 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
856 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
858 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
860 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
862 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
864 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
865 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
866 compatibility go in contrib.
868 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
869 instructions in policy manual.
870 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
873 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
875 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
877 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
878 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
879 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
880 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
882 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
883 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
886 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
888 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
890 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
891 * More detail about changelog format names.
893 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
894 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
898 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
900 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
902 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
904 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
906 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
908 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
910 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
912 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
913 * More verbosity about netiquette.
914 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
916 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
918 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
920 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
922 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
924 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
928 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100