1 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
4 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
6 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
8 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
10 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
11 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
13 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
15 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
17 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
19 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
20 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
22 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
24 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
26 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
27 #45561, #42447, #48570)
28 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
29 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
30 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
31 directoried (closes: #41547)
32 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
33 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
34 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
35 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
36 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
37 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
38 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
39 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
40 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
41 package criteria (closes: #45318)
42 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
44 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
45 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
46 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
47 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
48 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
49 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
50 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
52 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
53 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
54 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
55 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
57 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
59 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
61 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
62 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
64 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
66 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
68 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
69 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
71 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
73 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
75 * A few typos and omissions corrected
76 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
78 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
79 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
80 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
81 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
82 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
83 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
84 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
85 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
86 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
87 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
88 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
89 this closes: Bug#38612
90 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
91 before. closes: Bug#40864
93 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
95 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
97 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
99 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
101 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
102 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
103 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
105 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
106 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
107 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
108 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
109 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
110 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
112 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
113 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
114 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
116 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
118 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
119 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
120 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
121 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
122 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
124 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
126 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
128 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
129 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
130 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
131 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
132 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
133 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
134 there). closes: Bug#34233
135 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
136 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
137 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
138 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
139 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
141 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
143 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
145 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
146 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
147 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
148 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
151 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
152 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
153 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
154 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
155 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
158 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
159 number. closes: BUG#25911
161 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
162 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
163 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
164 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
165 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
166 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
168 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
169 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
170 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
173 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
174 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
175 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
177 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
178 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
179 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
180 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
182 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
183 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
184 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
186 * Make the package optional, not extra.
188 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
189 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
190 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
191 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
192 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
193 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
194 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
195 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
198 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
200 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
201 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
204 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
206 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
208 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
210 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
212 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
214 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
215 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
216 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
217 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
218 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
219 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
220 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
221 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
223 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
224 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
226 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
228 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
230 * non-maintainer release
231 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
232 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
234 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
235 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
237 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
239 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
241 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
245 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
247 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
249 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
251 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
252 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
253 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
255 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
256 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
258 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
259 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
260 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
261 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
263 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
264 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
265 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
266 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
267 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
268 and restart options and to comply with the console message
269 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
271 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
272 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
273 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
276 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
277 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
278 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
280 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
281 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
282 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
284 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
285 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
287 * New version numbering scheme:
289 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
290 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
291 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
294 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
295 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
296 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
297 differ between the manuals.
299 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
300 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
301 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
302 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
306 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
307 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
309 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
311 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
313 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
315 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
317 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
318 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
319 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
321 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
322 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
325 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
326 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
327 file extension as the referenced file
329 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
330 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
332 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
333 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
334 start, stop, restart, force-reload
335 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
338 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
339 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
340 be installed into /etc/cron.d
342 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
343 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
344 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
345 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
348 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
349 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
352 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
353 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
354 reasonable default configuration
356 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
357 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
358 by all news servers and clients
360 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
361 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
362 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
363 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
364 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
366 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
367 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
370 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
372 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
373 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
375 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
378 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
379 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
381 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
382 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
384 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
386 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
388 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
390 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
391 - X library package is now called xlib6g
392 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
393 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
395 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
397 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
398 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
399 * Don't use debstd anymore
401 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
403 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
405 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
406 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
407 contrib/non-free policy
408 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
409 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
410 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
411 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
412 - new section about `Daemons'
413 - updated section about `Configuration files'
414 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
415 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
416 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
417 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
418 * Paper about libc6 migration:
419 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
420 * SGML source code included in package
421 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
423 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
425 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
427 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
428 - completely reworked structure
429 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
430 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
431 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
432 - removed all those ugly footnotes
433 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
434 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
435 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
436 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
437 - mention "orphaned packages"
438 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
439 distributions' policy
440 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
441 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
442 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
443 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
444 - added section about arch spec strings
445 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
446 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
447 - added section about "menus"
448 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
449 the new documentation policy soon
450 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
451 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
453 - added section about editors and pagers
454 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
455 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
456 - added section about device files
457 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
458 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
459 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
461 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
462 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
463 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
464 - Added new section about obsolete names
465 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
466 * Fixed package's description
468 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
470 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
472 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
474 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
476 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
478 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
479 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
480 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
481 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
483 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
485 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
487 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
488 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
489 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
491 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
492 and upload it "byhand" too.
494 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
496 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
499 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
500 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
501 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
502 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
503 functionality must not have the same name.
504 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
505 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
506 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
507 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
508 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
509 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
510 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
512 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
513 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
514 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
515 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
516 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
517 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
518 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
519 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
522 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
524 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
526 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
528 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
529 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
530 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
531 a package into. (Guy Maor)
532 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
535 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
537 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
539 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
541 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
542 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
543 description of deb file format.
544 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
545 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
547 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
549 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
550 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
552 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
554 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
556 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
557 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
558 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
559 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
560 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
561 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
562 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
563 packages in section on Procedure
564 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
566 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
567 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
568 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
570 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
571 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
572 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
573 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
574 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
575 on various shlib files
576 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
577 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
578 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
580 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
582 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
584 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
585 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
586 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
588 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
589 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
590 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
591 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
592 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
594 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
596 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
598 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
600 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
602 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
603 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
604 compatibility go in contrib.
606 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
607 instructions in policy manual.
608 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
611 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
613 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
615 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
616 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
617 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
618 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
620 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
621 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
624 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
626 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
628 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
629 * More detail about changelog format names.
631 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
632 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
636 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
638 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
640 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
642 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
644 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
646 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
648 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
650 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
651 * More verbosity about netiquette.
652 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
654 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
656 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
658 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
660 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
662 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
666 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
669 mode: debian-changelog