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