1 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
5 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
7 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
8 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
9 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
11 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
12 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
13 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
14 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
16 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
17 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
18 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
19 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
21 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
22 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
24 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
26 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
27 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
28 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
29 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
33 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
34 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
35 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
36 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
37 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
39 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
40 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
41 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
42 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
44 * Add myself to Uploaders.
46 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:20:15 +0200
48 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
50 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
51 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
53 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
55 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
56 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
57 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
58 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
60 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
61 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
62 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
63 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
65 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
66 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
67 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
68 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
70 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
71 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
72 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
73 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
75 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
76 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
77 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
78 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
80 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
81 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
82 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
83 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
85 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
86 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
87 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
88 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
90 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
91 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
92 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
93 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
95 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
96 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
97 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
98 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
100 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
101 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
102 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
103 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
104 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
106 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
107 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
108 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
109 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
110 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
111 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
112 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
113 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
114 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
115 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
116 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
117 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
118 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
119 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
120 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
121 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
122 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
123 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
124 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
125 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
126 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
127 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
128 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
129 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
130 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
131 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
132 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
133 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
134 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
135 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
137 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
138 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
139 links was completed long ago.
140 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
142 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
144 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
146 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
147 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
149 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
151 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
153 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
154 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
155 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
156 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
157 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
158 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
159 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
160 Millan (Closes: #209008).
161 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
162 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
164 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
166 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
168 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
169 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
170 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
171 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
172 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
173 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
174 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
176 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
177 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
178 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
179 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
181 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
182 Küster (Closes: #403391).
183 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
184 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
185 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
186 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
187 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
188 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
189 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
190 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
191 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
192 Closes: #186700, #458910
193 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
194 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
195 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
197 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
198 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
199 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
200 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
201 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
202 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
203 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
204 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
206 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
207 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
209 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
210 * Add an md5sums control file.
211 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
212 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
213 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
214 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
215 currently part of policy.
216 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
217 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
218 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
221 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
223 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
225 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
226 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
227 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
228 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
229 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
230 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
231 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
232 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
233 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
234 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
235 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
236 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
237 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
238 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
239 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
240 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
242 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
244 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
245 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
246 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
248 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
249 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
250 list?" (Closes: #412634).
251 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
252 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
253 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
254 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
255 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
256 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
257 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
258 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
259 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
260 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
261 debconf specification.
262 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
263 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
265 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
267 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
269 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
270 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
271 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
272 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
273 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
275 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
277 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
278 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
279 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
280 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
281 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
283 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
284 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
285 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
286 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
287 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
288 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
289 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
290 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
291 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
292 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
293 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
294 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
295 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
296 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
297 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
298 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
300 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
302 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
303 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
304 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
305 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
306 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
307 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
308 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
309 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
311 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
313 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
315 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
316 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
317 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
318 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
319 Polo (Closes: #372497).
320 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
321 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
323 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
324 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
325 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
326 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
327 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
328 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
329 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
330 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
331 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
332 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
334 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
335 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
336 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
337 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
338 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
339 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
341 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
343 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
345 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
346 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
347 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
348 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
350 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
351 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
353 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
355 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
357 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
358 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
359 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
360 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
361 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
362 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
363 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
364 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
365 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
366 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
368 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
369 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
370 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
371 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
372 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
373 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
374 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
375 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
376 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
377 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
378 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
381 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
383 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
385 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
386 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
387 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
388 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
389 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
390 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
391 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
392 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
393 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
394 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
395 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
396 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
397 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
398 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
399 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
400 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
401 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
402 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
403 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
404 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
405 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
406 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
407 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
408 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
409 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
410 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
411 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
412 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
414 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
415 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
416 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
417 Hess (Closes: #362247).
418 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
419 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
420 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
421 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
422 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
423 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
424 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
425 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
426 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
427 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
428 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
429 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
431 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
432 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
434 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
435 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
436 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
437 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
438 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
439 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
440 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
441 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
442 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
443 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
444 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
446 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
448 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
451 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
452 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
453 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
454 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
455 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
456 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
457 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
458 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
459 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
460 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
461 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
462 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
463 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
465 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
466 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
467 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
468 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
469 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
470 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
471 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
472 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
473 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
474 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
475 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
476 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
477 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
478 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
479 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
480 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
481 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
482 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
483 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
486 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
488 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
490 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
491 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
492 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
493 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
495 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
496 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
497 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
498 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
500 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
502 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
505 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
506 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
507 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
508 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
509 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
510 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
511 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
512 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
513 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
514 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
516 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
517 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
518 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
520 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
521 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
522 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
523 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
524 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
525 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
526 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
528 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
529 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
530 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
531 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
533 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
534 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
535 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
536 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
537 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
538 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
539 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
540 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
542 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
543 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
544 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
545 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
546 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
547 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
548 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
549 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
550 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
551 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
552 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
553 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
554 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
555 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
556 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
557 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
558 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
560 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
562 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
565 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
566 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
567 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
568 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
569 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
570 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
571 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
572 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
573 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
575 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
576 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
577 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
578 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
579 this section. closes: Bug#248618
580 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
581 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
582 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
583 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
584 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
585 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
586 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
587 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
588 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
589 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
590 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
591 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
593 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
594 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
595 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
598 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
599 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
600 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
602 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
603 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
604 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
605 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
606 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
607 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
609 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
610 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
612 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
613 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
614 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
615 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
616 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
617 Closes: #185943, #237049
619 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
621 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
624 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
627 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
628 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
629 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
630 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
631 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
632 running. closes: Bug#187250
633 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
634 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
635 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
636 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
637 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
638 user closes: Bug#176506
640 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
642 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
645 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
646 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
647 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
648 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
649 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
650 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
651 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
652 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
653 deb-building toolchain.
654 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
655 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
656 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
657 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
658 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
659 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
660 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
661 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
662 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
663 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
664 sections about changelog files.
666 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
667 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
668 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
669 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
670 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
671 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
673 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
674 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
675 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
676 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
677 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
678 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
679 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
680 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
681 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
682 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
683 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
684 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
685 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
686 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
687 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
688 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
689 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
690 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
691 for the restructuring
693 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
695 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
698 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
700 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
701 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
702 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
703 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
704 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
705 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
707 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
708 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
709 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
710 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
711 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
712 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
713 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
715 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
716 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
717 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
718 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
720 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
722 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
725 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
726 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
727 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
728 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
729 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
730 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
732 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
733 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
734 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
735 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
737 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
738 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
739 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
740 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
741 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
742 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
743 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
744 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
745 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
747 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
748 script should start it, closes: #60979
749 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
750 "should", closes: #170019
751 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
752 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
753 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
754 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
755 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
756 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
757 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
758 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
761 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
763 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
766 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
767 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
768 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
769 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
770 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
771 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
772 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
773 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
774 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
776 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
777 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
778 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
779 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
780 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
781 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
782 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
783 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
784 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
786 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
787 file, closes: Bug#65764
789 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
791 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
793 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
794 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
795 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
796 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
797 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
798 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
799 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
800 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
801 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
802 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
803 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
804 details. closes: Bug#133030
805 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
806 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
809 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
811 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
813 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
814 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
815 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
816 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
817 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
818 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
819 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
820 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
821 not. closes: Bug#139820
822 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
823 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
824 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
825 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
826 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
827 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
828 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
829 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
830 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
831 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
833 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
835 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
836 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
837 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
838 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
839 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
840 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
841 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
842 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
843 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
844 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
845 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
846 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
847 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
848 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
849 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
850 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
851 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
852 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
853 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
854 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
856 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
857 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
858 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
859 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
860 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
861 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
862 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
864 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
865 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
866 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
867 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
868 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
869 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
870 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
871 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
872 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
874 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
876 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
878 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
879 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
880 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
881 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
882 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
883 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
884 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
885 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
886 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
887 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
888 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
889 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
890 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
891 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
892 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
893 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
894 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
895 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
896 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
897 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
898 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
899 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
900 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
902 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
904 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
906 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
907 medium, high, emergency.
908 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
909 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
910 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
911 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
912 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
915 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
916 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
917 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
919 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
920 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
921 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
922 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
923 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
924 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
925 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
928 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
930 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
932 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
933 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
934 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
935 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
937 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
938 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
939 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
940 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
941 debian/rules to do this
942 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
943 patches are incorporated upstream
944 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
945 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
946 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
947 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
948 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
949 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
951 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
952 system closes: Bug#91249
953 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
954 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
955 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
956 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
957 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
958 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
959 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
960 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
961 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
962 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
963 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
964 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
965 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
967 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
969 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
971 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
972 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
973 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
974 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
976 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
977 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
978 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
980 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
983 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
985 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
987 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
988 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
989 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
990 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
991 package for the time being
992 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
993 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
994 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
995 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
996 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
997 * Rename all .text files as .txt
998 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
999 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1000 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1001 Build-Depends arch syntax
1002 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1004 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1005 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1007 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1008 from policy maintenance duties.
1009 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1010 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1012 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1014 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1016 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1018 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1020 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1022 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1023 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1024 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1025 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1026 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1027 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1028 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1029 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1030 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1031 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1032 minor version number for this
1033 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1034 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1035 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1036 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1037 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1038 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1039 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1040 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1041 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1043 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1045 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1047 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1048 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1049 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1050 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1051 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1053 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1055 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1056 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1057 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1058 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1059 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1060 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1061 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1062 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1063 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1064 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1065 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1066 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1067 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1068 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1069 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1070 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1073 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1075 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1077 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1078 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1080 * Document the Enhances relationship
1081 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1082 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1083 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1084 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1085 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1086 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1088 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1090 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1091 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1092 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1093 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1095 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1096 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1097 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1098 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1099 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1101 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1103 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1105 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1106 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1107 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1109 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1110 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1111 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1112 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1113 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1114 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1115 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1116 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1117 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1119 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1121 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1123 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1125 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1126 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1127 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1128 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1129 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1130 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1131 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1132 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1133 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1134 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1135 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1136 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1137 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1138 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1139 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1140 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1141 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1142 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1143 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1144 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1145 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1146 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1148 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1149 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1151 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1153 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1155 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1156 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1157 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1158 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1159 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1160 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1161 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1162 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1163 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1164 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1165 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1166 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1167 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1168 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1169 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1170 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1171 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1172 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1173 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1174 list closes: Bug#53756
1175 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1176 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1177 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1178 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1179 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1180 policy closes: Bug#53760
1181 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1182 policy closes: Bug#53761
1183 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1184 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1185 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1186 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1187 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1188 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1189 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1190 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1191 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1192 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1193 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1195 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1196 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1197 to install with older fileutils.
1198 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1199 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1200 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1201 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1203 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1204 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1206 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1208 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1210 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1211 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1213 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1215 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1217 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1218 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1220 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1223 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1225 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1226 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1228 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1230 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1232 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1234 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1235 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1237 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1239 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1241 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1242 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1243 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1244 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1245 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1246 directoried (closes: #41547)
1247 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1248 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1249 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1250 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1251 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1252 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1253 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1254 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1255 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1256 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1257 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1259 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1260 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1261 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1262 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1263 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1264 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1265 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1267 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1268 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1269 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1270 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1272 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1274 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1276 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1277 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1279 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1281 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1283 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1284 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1286 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1288 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1290 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1291 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1293 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1294 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1295 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1296 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1297 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1298 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1299 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1300 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1301 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1302 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1303 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1304 this closes: Bug#38612
1305 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1306 before. closes: Bug#40864
1308 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1310 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1312 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1313 officially uploaded.
1314 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1316 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1317 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1318 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1320 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1321 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1322 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1323 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1324 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1325 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1327 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1328 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1329 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1331 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1333 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1334 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1335 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1336 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1337 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1339 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1341 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1343 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1344 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1345 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1346 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1347 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1348 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1349 there). closes: Bug#34233
1350 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1351 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1352 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1353 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1354 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1356 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1358 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1360 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1361 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1362 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1363 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1366 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1367 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1368 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1369 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1370 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1373 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1374 number. closes: BUG#25911
1376 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1377 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1378 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1379 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1380 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1381 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1383 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1384 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1385 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1388 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1389 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1390 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1392 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1393 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1394 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1395 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1397 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1398 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1399 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1401 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1403 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1404 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1405 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1406 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1407 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1408 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1409 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1410 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1413 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1415 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1416 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1419 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1421 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1423 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1425 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1427 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1429 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1430 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1431 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1432 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1433 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1434 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1435 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1436 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1438 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1439 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1441 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1443 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1445 * non-maintainer release
1446 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1447 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1449 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1450 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1451 * no content changes
1452 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1454 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1456 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1460 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1462 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1464 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1466 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1467 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1468 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1470 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1471 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1473 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1474 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1475 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1476 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1478 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1479 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1480 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1481 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1482 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1483 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1484 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1486 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1487 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1488 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1491 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1492 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1493 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1495 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1496 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1497 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1499 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1500 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1502 * New version numbering scheme:
1504 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1505 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1506 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1509 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1510 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1511 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1512 differ between the manuals.
1514 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1515 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1516 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1517 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1519 * Packaging changes:
1521 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1522 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1524 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1526 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1528 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1530 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1532 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1533 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1534 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1536 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1537 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1540 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1541 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1542 file extension as the referenced file
1544 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1545 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1547 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1548 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1549 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1550 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1553 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1554 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1555 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1557 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1558 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1559 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1560 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1563 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1564 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1567 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1568 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1569 reasonable default configuration
1571 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1572 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1573 by all news servers and clients
1575 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1576 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1577 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1578 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1579 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1581 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1582 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1585 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1587 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1588 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1590 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1593 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1594 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1596 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1597 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1599 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1601 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1603 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1605 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1606 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1607 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1608 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1610 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1612 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1613 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1614 * Don't use debstd anymore
1616 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1618 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1620 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1621 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1622 contrib/non-free policy
1623 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1624 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1625 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1626 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1627 - new section about `Daemons'
1628 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1629 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1630 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1631 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1632 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1633 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1634 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1635 * SGML source code included in package
1636 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1638 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1640 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1642 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1643 - completely reworked structure
1644 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1645 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1646 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1647 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1648 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1649 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1650 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1651 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1652 - mention "orphaned packages"
1653 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1654 distributions' policy
1655 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1656 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1657 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1658 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1659 - added section about arch spec strings
1660 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1661 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1662 - added section about "menus"
1663 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1664 the new documentation policy soon
1665 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1666 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1668 - added section about editors and pagers
1669 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1670 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1671 - added section about device files
1672 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1673 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1674 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1676 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1677 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1678 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1679 - Added new section about obsolete names
1680 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1681 * Fixed package's description
1683 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1685 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1687 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1689 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1691 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1693 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1694 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1695 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1696 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1698 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1700 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1702 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1703 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1704 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1706 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1707 and upload it "byhand" too.
1709 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1711 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1714 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1715 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1716 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1717 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1718 functionality must not have the same name.
1719 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1720 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1721 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1722 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1723 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1724 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1725 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1727 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1728 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1729 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1730 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1731 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1732 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1733 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1734 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1737 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1739 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1741 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1743 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1744 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1745 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1746 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1747 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1750 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1752 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1754 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1756 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1757 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1758 description of deb file format.
1759 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1760 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1762 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1764 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1765 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1767 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1769 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1771 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1772 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1773 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1774 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1775 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1776 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1777 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1778 packages in section on Procedure
1779 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1780 a package maintainer
1781 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1782 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1783 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1785 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1786 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1787 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1788 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1789 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1790 on various shlib files
1791 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1792 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1793 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1795 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1797 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1799 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1800 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1801 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1803 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1804 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1805 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1806 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1807 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1809 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1811 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1813 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1815 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1817 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1818 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1819 compatibility go in contrib.
1821 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1822 instructions in policy manual.
1823 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1826 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1828 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1830 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1831 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1832 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1833 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1835 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1836 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1839 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1841 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1843 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1844 * More detail about changelog format names.
1846 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1847 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1851 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1853 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1855 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1857 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1859 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1861 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1863 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1865 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1866 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1867 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1869 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1871 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1873 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1875 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1877 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1881 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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