1 debian-policy (3.7.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
5 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
6 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
7 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
8 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
12 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
14 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
15 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
16 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
17 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
18 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
19 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
20 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
21 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
22 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
23 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
24 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
25 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
26 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
27 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
28 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
29 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
31 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
33 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
34 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
35 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
37 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
38 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
39 list?" (Closes: #412634).
40 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
41 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
42 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
43 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
44 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
45 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
46 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
47 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
48 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
49 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
50 debconf specification.
51 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
52 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
54 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
56 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
58 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
59 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
60 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
61 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
62 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
64 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
66 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
67 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
68 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
69 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
70 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
72 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
73 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
74 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
75 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
76 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
77 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
78 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
79 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
80 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
81 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
82 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
83 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
84 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
85 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
86 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
87 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
89 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
91 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
92 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
93 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
94 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
95 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
96 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
97 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
98 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
100 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
102 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
104 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
105 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
106 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
107 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
108 Polo (Closes: #372497).
109 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
110 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
112 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
113 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
114 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
115 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
116 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
117 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
118 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
119 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
120 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
121 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
123 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
124 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
125 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
126 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
127 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
128 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
130 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
132 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
134 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
135 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
136 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
137 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
139 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
140 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
142 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
144 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
146 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
147 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
148 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
149 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
150 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
151 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
152 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
153 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
154 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
155 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
157 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
158 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
159 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
160 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
161 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
162 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
163 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
164 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
165 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
166 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
167 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
170 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
172 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
174 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
175 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
176 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
177 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
178 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
179 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
180 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
181 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
182 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
183 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
184 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
185 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
186 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
187 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
188 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
189 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
190 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
191 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
192 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
193 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
194 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
195 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
196 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
197 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
198 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
199 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
200 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
201 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
203 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
204 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
205 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
206 Hess (Closes: #362247).
207 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
208 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
209 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
210 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
211 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
212 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
213 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
214 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
215 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
216 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
217 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
218 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
220 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
221 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
223 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
224 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
225 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
226 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
227 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
228 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
229 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
230 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
231 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
232 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
233 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
235 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
237 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
240 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
241 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
242 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
243 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
244 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
245 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
246 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
247 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
248 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
249 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
250 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
251 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
252 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
254 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
255 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
256 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
257 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
258 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
259 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
260 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
261 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
262 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
263 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
264 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
265 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
266 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
267 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
268 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
269 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
270 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
271 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
272 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
275 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
277 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
279 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
280 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
281 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
282 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
284 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
285 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
286 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
287 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
289 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
291 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
294 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
295 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
296 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
297 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
298 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
299 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
300 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
301 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
302 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
303 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
305 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
306 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
307 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
309 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
310 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
311 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
312 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
313 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
314 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
315 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
317 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
318 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
319 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
320 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
322 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
323 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
324 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
325 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
326 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
327 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
328 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
329 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
331 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
332 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
333 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
334 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
335 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
336 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
337 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
338 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
339 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
340 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
341 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
342 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
343 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
344 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
345 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
346 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
347 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
349 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
351 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
354 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
355 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
356 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
357 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
358 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
359 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
360 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
361 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
362 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
364 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
365 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
366 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
367 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
368 this section. closes: Bug#248618
369 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
370 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
371 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
372 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
373 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
374 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
375 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
376 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
377 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
378 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
379 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
380 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
382 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
383 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
384 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
387 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
388 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
389 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
391 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
392 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
393 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
394 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
395 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
396 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
398 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
399 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
401 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
402 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
403 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
404 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
405 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
406 Closes: #185943, #237049
408 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
410 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
413 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
416 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
417 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
418 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
419 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
420 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
421 running. closes: Bug#187250
422 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
423 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
424 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
425 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
426 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
427 user closes: Bug#176506
429 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
431 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
434 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
435 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
436 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
437 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
438 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
439 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
440 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
441 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
442 deb-building toolchain.
443 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
444 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
445 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
446 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
447 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
448 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
449 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
450 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
451 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
452 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
453 sections about changelog files.
455 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
456 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
457 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
458 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
459 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
460 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
462 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
463 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
464 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
465 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
466 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
467 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
468 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
469 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
470 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
471 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
472 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
473 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
474 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
475 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
476 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
477 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
478 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
479 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
480 for the restructuring
482 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
484 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
487 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
489 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
490 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
491 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
492 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
493 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
494 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
496 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
497 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
498 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
499 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
500 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
501 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
502 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
504 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
505 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
506 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
507 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
509 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
511 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
514 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
515 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
516 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
517 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
518 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
519 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
521 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
522 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
523 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
524 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
526 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
527 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
528 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
529 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
530 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
531 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
532 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
533 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
534 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
536 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
537 script should start it, closes: #60979
538 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
539 "should", closes: #170019
540 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
541 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
542 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
543 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
544 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
545 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
546 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
547 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
550 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
552 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
555 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
556 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
557 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
558 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
559 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
560 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
561 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
562 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
563 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
565 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
566 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
567 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
568 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
569 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
570 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
571 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
572 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
573 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
575 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
576 file, closes: Bug#65764
578 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
580 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
582 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
583 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
584 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
585 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
586 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
587 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
588 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
589 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
590 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
591 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
592 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
593 details. closes: Bug#133030
594 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
595 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
598 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
600 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
602 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
603 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
604 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
605 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
606 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
607 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
608 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
609 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
610 not. closes: Bug#139820
611 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
612 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
613 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
614 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
615 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
616 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
617 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
618 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
619 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
620 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
622 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
624 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
625 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
626 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
627 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
628 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
629 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
630 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
631 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
632 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
633 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
634 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
635 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
636 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
637 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
638 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
639 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
640 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
641 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
642 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
643 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
645 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
646 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
647 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
648 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
649 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
650 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
651 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
653 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
654 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
655 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
656 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
657 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
658 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
659 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
660 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
661 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
663 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
665 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
667 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
668 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
669 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
670 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
671 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
672 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
673 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
674 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
675 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
676 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
677 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
678 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
679 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
680 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
681 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
682 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
683 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
684 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
685 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
686 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
687 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
688 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
689 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
691 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
693 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
695 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
696 medium, high, emergency.
697 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
698 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
699 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
700 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
701 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
704 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
705 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
706 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
708 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
709 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
710 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
711 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
712 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
713 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
714 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
717 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
719 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
721 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
722 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
723 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
724 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
726 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
727 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
728 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
729 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
730 debian/rules to do this
731 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
732 patches are incorporated upstream
733 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
734 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
735 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
736 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
737 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
738 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
740 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
741 system closes: Bug#91249
742 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
743 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
744 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
745 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
746 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
747 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
748 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
749 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
750 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
751 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
752 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
753 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
754 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
756 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
758 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
760 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
761 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
762 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
763 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
765 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
766 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
767 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
769 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
772 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
774 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
776 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
777 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
778 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
779 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
780 package for the time being
781 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
782 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
783 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
784 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
785 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
786 * Rename all .text files as .txt
787 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
788 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
789 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
790 Build-Depends arch syntax
791 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
793 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
794 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
796 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
797 from policy maintenance duties.
798 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
799 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
801 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
803 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
805 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
807 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
809 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
811 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
812 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
813 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
814 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
815 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
816 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
817 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
818 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
819 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
820 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
821 minor version number for this
822 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
823 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
824 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
825 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
826 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
827 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
828 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
829 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
830 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
832 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
834 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
836 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
837 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
838 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
839 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
840 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
842 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
844 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
845 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
846 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
847 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
848 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
849 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
850 xutils closes: Bug#82966
851 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
852 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
853 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
854 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
855 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
856 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
857 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
858 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
859 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
862 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
864 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
866 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
867 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
869 * Document the Enhances relationship
870 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
871 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
872 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
873 policy. closes: Bug#53496
874 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
875 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
877 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
879 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
880 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
881 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
882 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
884 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
885 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
886 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
887 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
888 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
890 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
892 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
894 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
895 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
896 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
898 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
899 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
900 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
901 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
902 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
903 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
904 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
905 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
906 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
908 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
910 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
912 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
914 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
915 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
916 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
917 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
918 policy. closes: Bug#64437
919 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
920 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
921 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
922 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
923 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
924 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
925 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
926 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
927 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
928 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
929 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
930 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
931 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
932 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
933 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
934 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
935 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
937 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
938 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
940 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
942 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
944 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
945 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
946 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
947 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
948 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
949 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
950 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
951 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
952 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
953 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
954 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
955 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
956 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
957 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
958 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
959 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
960 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
961 alternative closes: Bug#53755
962 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
963 list closes: Bug#53756
964 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
965 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
966 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
967 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
968 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
969 policy closes: Bug#53760
970 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
971 policy closes: Bug#53761
972 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
973 that use X closes: Bug#53762
974 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
975 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
976 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
977 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
978 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
979 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
980 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
981 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
982 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
984 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
985 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
986 to install with older fileutils.
987 * Installed FHS version 2.1
988 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
989 * Added FHS details to copyright file
990 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
992 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
993 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
995 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
997 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
999 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1000 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1002 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1004 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1006 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1007 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1009 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1012 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1014 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1015 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1017 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1019 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1021 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1023 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1024 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1026 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1028 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1030 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1031 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1032 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1033 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1034 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1035 directoried (closes: #41547)
1036 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1037 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1038 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1039 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1040 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1041 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1042 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1043 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1044 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1045 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1046 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1048 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1049 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1050 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1051 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1052 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1053 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1054 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1056 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1057 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1058 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1059 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1061 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1063 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1065 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1066 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1068 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1070 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1072 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1073 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1075 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1077 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1079 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1080 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1082 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1083 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1084 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1085 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1086 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1087 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1088 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1089 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1090 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1091 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1092 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1093 this closes: Bug#38612
1094 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1095 before. closes: Bug#40864
1097 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1099 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1101 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1102 officially uploaded.
1103 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1105 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1106 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1107 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1109 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1110 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1111 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1112 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1113 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1114 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1116 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1117 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1118 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1120 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1122 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1123 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1124 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1125 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1126 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1128 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1130 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1132 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1133 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1134 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1135 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1136 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1137 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1138 there). closes: Bug#34233
1139 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1140 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1141 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1142 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1143 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1145 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1147 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1149 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1150 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1151 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1152 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1155 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1156 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1157 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1158 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1159 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1162 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1163 number. closes: BUG#25911
1165 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1166 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1167 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1168 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1169 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1170 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1172 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1173 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1174 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1177 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1178 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1179 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1181 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1182 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1183 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1184 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1186 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1187 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1188 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1190 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1192 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1193 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1194 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1195 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1196 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1197 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1198 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1199 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1202 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1204 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1205 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1208 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1210 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1212 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1214 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1216 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1218 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1219 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1220 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1221 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1222 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1223 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1224 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1225 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1227 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1228 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1230 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1232 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1234 * non-maintainer release
1235 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1236 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1238 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1239 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1240 * no content changes
1241 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1243 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1245 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1249 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1251 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1253 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1255 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1256 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1257 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1259 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1260 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1262 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1263 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1264 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1265 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1267 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1268 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1269 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1270 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1271 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1272 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1273 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1275 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1276 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1277 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1280 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1281 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1282 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1284 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1285 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1286 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1288 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1289 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1291 * New version numbering scheme:
1293 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1294 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1295 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1298 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1299 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1300 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1301 differ between the manuals.
1303 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1304 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1305 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1306 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1308 * Packaging changes:
1310 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1311 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1313 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1315 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1317 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1319 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1321 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1322 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1323 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1325 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1326 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1329 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1330 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1331 file extension as the referenced file
1333 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1334 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1336 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1337 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1338 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1339 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1342 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1343 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1344 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1346 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1347 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1348 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1349 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1352 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1353 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1356 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1357 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1358 reasonable default configuration
1360 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1361 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1362 by all news servers and clients
1364 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1365 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1366 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1367 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1368 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1370 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1371 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1374 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1376 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1377 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1379 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1382 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1383 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1385 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1386 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1388 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1390 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1392 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1394 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1395 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1396 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1397 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1399 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1401 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1402 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1403 * Don't use debstd anymore
1405 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1407 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1409 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1410 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1411 contrib/non-free policy
1412 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1413 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1414 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1415 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1416 - new section about `Daemons'
1417 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1418 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1419 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1420 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1421 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1422 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1423 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1424 * SGML source code included in package
1425 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1427 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1429 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1431 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1432 - completely reworked structure
1433 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1434 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1435 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1436 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1437 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1438 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1439 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1440 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1441 - mention "orphaned packages"
1442 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1443 distributions' policy
1444 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1445 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1446 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1447 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1448 - added section about arch spec strings
1449 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1450 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1451 - added section about "menus"
1452 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1453 the new documentation policy soon
1454 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1455 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1457 - added section about editors and pagers
1458 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1459 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1460 - added section about device files
1461 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1462 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1463 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1465 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1466 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1467 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1468 - Added new section about obsolete names
1469 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1470 * Fixed package's description
1472 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1474 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1476 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1478 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1480 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1482 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1483 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1484 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1485 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1487 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1489 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1491 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1492 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1493 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1495 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1496 and upload it "byhand" too.
1498 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1500 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1503 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1504 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1505 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1506 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1507 functionality must not have the same name.
1508 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1509 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1510 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1511 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1512 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1513 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1514 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1516 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1517 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1518 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1519 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1520 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1521 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1522 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1523 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1526 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1528 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1530 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1532 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1533 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1534 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1535 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1536 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1539 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1541 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1543 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1545 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1546 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1547 description of deb file format.
1548 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1549 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1551 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1553 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1554 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1556 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1558 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1560 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1561 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1562 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1563 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1564 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1565 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1566 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1567 packages in section on Procedure
1568 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1569 a package maintainer
1570 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1571 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1572 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1574 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1575 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1576 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1577 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1578 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1579 on various shlib files
1580 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1581 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1582 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1584 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1586 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1588 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1589 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1590 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1592 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1593 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1594 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1595 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1596 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1598 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1600 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1602 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1604 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1606 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1607 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1608 compatibility go in contrib.
1610 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1611 instructions in policy manual.
1612 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1615 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1617 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1619 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1620 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1621 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1622 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1624 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1625 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1628 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1630 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1632 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1633 * More detail about changelog format names.
1635 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1636 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1640 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1642 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1644 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1646 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1648 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1650 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1652 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1654 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1655 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1656 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1658 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1660 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1662 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1664 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1666 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1670 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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