1 debian-policy (3.7.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
4 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
5 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
6 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
7 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
8 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
9 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
10 Millan (Closes: #209008).
11 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
12 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
14 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
16 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
18 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
19 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
20 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
21 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
22 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
23 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
24 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
26 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
27 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
28 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
29 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
31 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
32 Küster (Closes: #403391).
33 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
34 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
35 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
36 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
37 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
38 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
39 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
40 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
41 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
42 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
43 * Add an md5sums control file.
44 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
45 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
46 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
47 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
48 currently part of policy.
49 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
50 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
54 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
56 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
57 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
58 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
59 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
60 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
61 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
62 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
63 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
64 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
65 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
66 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
67 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
68 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
69 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
70 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
71 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
73 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
75 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
76 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
77 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
79 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
80 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
81 list?" (Closes: #412634).
82 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
83 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
84 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
85 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
86 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
87 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
88 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
89 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
90 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
91 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
92 debconf specification.
93 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
94 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
96 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
98 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
100 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
101 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
102 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
103 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
104 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
106 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
108 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
109 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
110 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
111 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
112 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
114 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
115 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
116 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
117 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
118 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
119 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
120 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
121 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
122 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
123 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
124 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
125 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
126 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
127 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
128 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
129 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
131 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
133 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
134 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
135 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
136 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
137 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
138 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
139 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
140 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
142 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
144 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
146 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
147 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
148 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
149 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
150 Polo (Closes: #372497).
151 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
152 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
154 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
155 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
156 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
157 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
158 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
159 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
160 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
161 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
162 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
163 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
165 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
166 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
167 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
168 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
169 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
170 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
172 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
174 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
176 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
177 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
178 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
179 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
181 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
182 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
184 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
186 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
188 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
189 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
190 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
191 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
192 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
193 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
194 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
195 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
196 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
197 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
199 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
200 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
201 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
202 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
203 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
204 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
205 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
206 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
207 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
208 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
209 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
212 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
214 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
216 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
217 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
218 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
219 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
220 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
221 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
222 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
223 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
224 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
225 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
226 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
227 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
228 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
229 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
230 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
231 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
232 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
233 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
234 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
235 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
236 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
237 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
238 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
239 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
240 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
241 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
242 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
243 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
245 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
246 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
247 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
248 Hess (Closes: #362247).
249 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
250 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
251 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
252 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
253 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
254 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
255 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
256 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
257 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
258 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
259 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
260 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
262 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
263 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
265 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
266 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
267 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
268 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
269 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
270 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
271 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
272 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
273 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
274 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
275 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
277 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
279 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
282 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
283 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
284 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
285 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
286 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
287 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
288 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
289 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
290 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
291 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
292 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
293 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
294 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
296 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
297 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
298 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
299 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
300 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
301 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
302 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
303 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
304 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
305 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
306 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
307 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
308 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
309 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
310 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
311 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
312 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
313 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
314 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
317 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
319 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
321 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
322 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
323 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
324 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
326 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
327 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
328 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
329 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
331 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
333 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
336 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
337 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
338 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
339 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
340 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
341 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
342 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
343 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
344 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
345 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
347 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
348 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
349 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
351 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
352 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
353 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
354 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
355 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
356 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
357 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
359 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
360 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
361 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
362 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
364 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
365 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
366 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
367 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
368 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
369 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
370 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
371 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
373 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
374 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
375 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
376 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
377 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
378 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
379 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
380 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
381 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
382 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
383 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
384 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
385 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
386 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
387 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
388 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
389 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
391 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
393 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
396 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
397 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
398 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
399 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
400 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
401 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
402 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
403 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
404 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
406 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
407 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
408 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
409 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
410 this section. closes: Bug#248618
411 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
412 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
413 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
414 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
415 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
416 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
417 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
418 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
419 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
420 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
421 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
422 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
424 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
425 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
426 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
429 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
430 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
431 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
433 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
434 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
435 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
436 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
437 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
438 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
440 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
441 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
443 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
444 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
445 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
446 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
447 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
448 Closes: #185943, #237049
450 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
452 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
455 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
458 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
459 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
460 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
461 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
462 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
463 running. closes: Bug#187250
464 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
465 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
466 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
467 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
468 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
469 user closes: Bug#176506
471 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
473 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
476 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
477 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
478 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
479 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
480 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
481 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
482 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
483 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
484 deb-building toolchain.
485 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
486 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
487 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
488 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
489 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
490 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
491 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
492 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
493 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
494 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
495 sections about changelog files.
497 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
498 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
499 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
500 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
501 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
502 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
504 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
505 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
506 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
507 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
508 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
509 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
510 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
511 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
512 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
513 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
514 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
515 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
516 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
517 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
518 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
519 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
520 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
521 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
522 for the restructuring
524 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
526 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
529 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
531 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
532 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
533 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
534 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
535 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
536 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
538 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
539 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
540 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
541 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
542 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
543 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
544 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
546 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
547 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
548 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
549 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
551 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
553 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
556 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
557 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
558 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
559 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
560 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
561 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
563 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
564 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
565 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
566 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
568 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
569 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
570 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
571 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
572 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
573 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
574 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
575 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
576 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
578 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
579 script should start it, closes: #60979
580 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
581 "should", closes: #170019
582 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
583 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
584 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
585 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
586 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
587 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
588 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
589 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
592 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
594 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
597 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
598 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
599 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
600 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
601 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
602 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
603 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
604 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
605 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
607 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
608 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
609 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
610 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
611 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
612 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
613 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
614 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
615 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
617 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
618 file, closes: Bug#65764
620 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
622 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
624 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
625 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
626 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
627 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
628 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
629 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
630 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
631 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
632 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
633 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
634 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
635 details. closes: Bug#133030
636 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
637 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
640 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
642 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
644 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
645 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
646 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
647 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
648 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
649 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
650 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
651 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
652 not. closes: Bug#139820
653 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
654 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
655 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
656 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
657 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
658 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
659 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
660 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
661 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
662 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
664 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
666 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
667 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
668 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
669 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
670 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
671 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
672 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
673 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
674 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
675 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
676 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
677 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
678 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
679 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
680 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
681 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
682 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
683 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
684 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
685 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
687 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
688 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
689 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
690 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
691 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
692 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
693 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
695 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
696 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
697 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
698 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
699 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
700 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
701 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
702 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
703 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
705 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
707 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
709 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
710 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
711 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
712 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
713 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
714 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
715 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
716 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
717 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
718 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
719 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
720 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
721 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
722 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
723 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
724 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
725 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
726 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
727 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
728 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
729 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
730 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
731 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
733 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
735 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
737 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
738 medium, high, emergency.
739 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
740 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
741 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
742 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
743 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
746 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
747 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
748 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
750 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
751 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
752 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
753 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
754 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
755 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
756 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
759 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
761 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
763 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
764 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
765 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
766 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
768 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
769 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
770 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
771 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
772 debian/rules to do this
773 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
774 patches are incorporated upstream
775 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
776 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
777 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
778 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
779 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
780 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
782 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
783 system closes: Bug#91249
784 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
785 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
786 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
787 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
788 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
789 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
790 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
791 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
792 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
793 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
794 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
795 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
796 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
798 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
800 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
802 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
803 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
804 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
805 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
807 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
808 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
809 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
811 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
814 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
816 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
818 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
819 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
820 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
821 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
822 package for the time being
823 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
824 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
825 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
826 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
827 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
828 * Rename all .text files as .txt
829 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
830 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
831 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
832 Build-Depends arch syntax
833 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
835 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
836 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
838 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
839 from policy maintenance duties.
840 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
841 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
843 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
845 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
847 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
849 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
851 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
853 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
854 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
855 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
856 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
857 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
858 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
859 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
860 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
861 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
862 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
863 minor version number for this
864 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
865 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
866 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
867 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
868 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
869 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
870 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
871 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
872 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
874 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
876 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
878 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
879 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
880 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
881 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
882 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
884 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
886 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
887 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
888 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
889 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
890 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
891 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
892 xutils closes: Bug#82966
893 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
894 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
895 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
896 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
897 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
898 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
899 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
900 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
901 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
904 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
906 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
908 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
909 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
911 * Document the Enhances relationship
912 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
913 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
914 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
915 policy. closes: Bug#53496
916 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
917 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
919 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
921 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
922 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
923 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
924 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
926 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
927 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
928 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
929 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
930 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
932 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
934 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
936 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
937 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
938 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
940 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
941 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
942 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
943 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
944 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
945 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
946 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
947 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
948 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
950 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
952 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
954 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
956 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
957 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
958 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
959 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
960 policy. closes: Bug#64437
961 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
962 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
963 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
964 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
965 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
966 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
967 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
968 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
969 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
970 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
971 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
972 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
973 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
974 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
975 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
976 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
977 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
979 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
980 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
982 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
984 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
986 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
987 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
988 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
989 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
990 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
991 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
992 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
993 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
994 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
995 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
996 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
997 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
998 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
999 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1000 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1001 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1002 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1003 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1004 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1005 list closes: Bug#53756
1006 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1007 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1008 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1009 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1010 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1011 policy closes: Bug#53760
1012 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1013 policy closes: Bug#53761
1014 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1015 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1016 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1017 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1018 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1019 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1020 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1021 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1022 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1023 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1024 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1026 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1027 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1028 to install with older fileutils.
1029 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1030 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1031 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1032 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1034 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1035 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1037 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1039 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1041 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1042 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1044 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1046 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1048 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1049 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1051 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1054 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1056 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1057 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1059 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1061 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1063 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1065 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1066 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1068 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1070 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1072 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1073 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1074 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1075 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1076 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1077 directoried (closes: #41547)
1078 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1079 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1080 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1081 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1082 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1083 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1084 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1085 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1086 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1087 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1088 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1090 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1091 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1092 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1093 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1094 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1095 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1096 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1098 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1099 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1100 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1101 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1103 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1105 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1107 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1108 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1110 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1112 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1114 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1115 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1117 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1119 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1121 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1122 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1124 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1125 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1126 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1127 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1128 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1129 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1130 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1131 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1132 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1133 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1134 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1135 this closes: Bug#38612
1136 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1137 before. closes: Bug#40864
1139 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1141 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1143 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1144 officially uploaded.
1145 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1147 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1148 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1149 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1151 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1152 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1153 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1154 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1155 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1156 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1158 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1159 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1160 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1162 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1164 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1165 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1166 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1167 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1168 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1170 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1172 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1174 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1175 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1176 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1177 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1178 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1179 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1180 there). closes: Bug#34233
1181 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1182 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1183 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1184 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1185 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1187 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1189 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1191 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1192 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1193 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1194 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1197 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1198 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1199 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1200 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1201 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1204 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1205 number. closes: BUG#25911
1207 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1208 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1209 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1210 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1211 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1212 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1214 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1215 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1216 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1219 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1220 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1221 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1223 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1224 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1225 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1226 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1228 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1229 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1230 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1232 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1234 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1235 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1236 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1237 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1238 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1239 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1240 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1241 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1244 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1246 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1247 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1250 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1252 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1254 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1256 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1258 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1260 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1261 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1262 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1263 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1264 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1265 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1266 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1267 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1269 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1270 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1272 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1274 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1276 * non-maintainer release
1277 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1278 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1280 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1281 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1282 * no content changes
1283 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1285 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1287 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1291 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1293 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1295 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1297 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1298 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1299 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1301 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1302 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1304 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1305 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1306 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1307 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1309 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1310 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1311 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1312 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1313 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1314 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1315 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1317 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1318 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1319 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1322 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1323 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1324 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1326 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1327 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1328 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1330 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1331 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1333 * New version numbering scheme:
1335 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1336 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1337 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1340 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1341 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1342 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1343 differ between the manuals.
1345 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1346 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1347 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1348 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1350 * Packaging changes:
1352 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1353 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1355 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1357 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1359 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1361 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1363 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1364 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1365 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1367 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1368 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1371 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1372 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1373 file extension as the referenced file
1375 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1376 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1378 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1379 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1380 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1381 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1384 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1385 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1386 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1388 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1389 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1390 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1391 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1394 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1395 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1398 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1399 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1400 reasonable default configuration
1402 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1403 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1404 by all news servers and clients
1406 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1407 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1408 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1409 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1410 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1412 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1413 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1416 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1418 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1419 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1421 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1424 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1425 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1427 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1428 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1430 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1432 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1434 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1436 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1437 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1438 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1439 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1441 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1443 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1444 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1445 * Don't use debstd anymore
1447 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1449 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1451 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1452 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1453 contrib/non-free policy
1454 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1455 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1456 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1457 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1458 - new section about `Daemons'
1459 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1460 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1461 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1462 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1463 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1464 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1465 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1466 * SGML source code included in package
1467 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1469 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1471 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1473 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1474 - completely reworked structure
1475 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1476 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1477 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1478 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1479 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1480 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1481 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1482 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1483 - mention "orphaned packages"
1484 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1485 distributions' policy
1486 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1487 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1488 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1489 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1490 - added section about arch spec strings
1491 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1492 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1493 - added section about "menus"
1494 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1495 the new documentation policy soon
1496 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1497 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1499 - added section about editors and pagers
1500 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1501 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1502 - added section about device files
1503 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1504 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1505 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1507 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1508 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1509 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1510 - Added new section about obsolete names
1511 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1512 * Fixed package's description
1514 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1516 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1518 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1520 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1522 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1524 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1525 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1526 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1527 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1529 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1531 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1533 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1534 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1535 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1537 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1538 and upload it "byhand" too.
1540 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1542 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1545 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1546 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1547 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1548 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1549 functionality must not have the same name.
1550 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1551 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1552 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1553 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1554 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1555 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1556 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1558 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1559 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1560 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1561 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1562 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1563 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1564 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1565 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1568 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1570 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1572 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1574 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1575 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1576 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1577 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1578 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1581 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1583 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1585 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1587 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1588 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1589 description of deb file format.
1590 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1591 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1593 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1595 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1596 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1598 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1600 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1602 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1603 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1604 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1605 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1606 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1607 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1608 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1609 packages in section on Procedure
1610 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1611 a package maintainer
1612 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1613 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1614 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1616 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1617 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1618 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1619 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1620 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1621 on various shlib files
1622 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1623 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1624 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1626 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1628 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1630 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1631 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1632 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1634 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1635 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1636 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1637 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1638 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1640 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1642 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1644 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1646 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1648 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1649 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1650 compatibility go in contrib.
1652 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1653 instructions in policy manual.
1654 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1657 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1659 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1661 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1662 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1663 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1664 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1666 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1667 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1670 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1672 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1674 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1675 * More detail about changelog format names.
1677 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1678 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1682 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1684 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1686 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1688 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1690 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1692 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1694 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1696 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1697 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1698 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1700 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1702 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1704 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1706 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1708 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1712 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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