1 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
5 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
6 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
7 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
8 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
12 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
15 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
18 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
19 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
20 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
21 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
22 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
23 running. closes: Bug#187250
24 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
25 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
26 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
27 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
28 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
29 user closes: Bug#176506
31 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
33 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
36 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
37 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
38 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
39 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
40 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
41 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
42 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
43 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
44 deb-building toolchain.
45 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
46 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
47 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
48 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
49 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
50 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
51 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
52 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
53 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
54 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
55 sections about changelog files.
57 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
58 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
59 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
60 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
61 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
62 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
64 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
65 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
66 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
67 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
68 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
69 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
70 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
71 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
72 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
73 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
74 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
75 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
76 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
77 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
78 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
79 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
80 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
81 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
84 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
86 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
89 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
91 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
92 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
93 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
94 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
95 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
96 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
98 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
99 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
100 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
101 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
102 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
103 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
104 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
106 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
107 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
108 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
109 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
111 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
113 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
116 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
117 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
118 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
119 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
120 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
121 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
123 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
124 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
125 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
126 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
128 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
129 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
130 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
131 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
132 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
133 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
134 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
135 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
136 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
138 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
139 script should start it, closes: #60979
140 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
141 "should", closes: #170019
142 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
143 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
144 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
145 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
146 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
147 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
148 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
149 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
152 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
154 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
157 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
158 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
159 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
160 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
161 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
162 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
163 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
164 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
165 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
167 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
168 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
169 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
170 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
171 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
172 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
173 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
174 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
175 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
177 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
178 file, closes: Bug#65764
180 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
182 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
184 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
185 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
186 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
187 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
188 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
189 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
190 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
191 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
192 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
193 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
194 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
195 details. closes: Bug#133030
196 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
197 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
200 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
202 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
204 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
205 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
206 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
207 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
208 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
209 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
210 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
211 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
212 not. closes: Bug#139820
213 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
214 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
215 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
216 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
217 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
218 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
219 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
220 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
221 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
222 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
224 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
226 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
227 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
228 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
229 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
230 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
231 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
232 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
233 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
234 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
235 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
236 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
237 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
238 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
239 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
240 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
241 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
242 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
243 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
244 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
245 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
247 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
248 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
249 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
250 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
251 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
252 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
253 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
255 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
256 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
257 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
258 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
259 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
260 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
261 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
262 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
263 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
265 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
267 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
269 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
270 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
271 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
272 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
273 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
274 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
275 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
276 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
277 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
278 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
279 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
280 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
281 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
282 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
283 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
284 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
285 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
286 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
287 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
288 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
289 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
290 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
291 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
293 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
295 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
297 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
298 medium, high, emergency.
299 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
300 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
301 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
302 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
303 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
306 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
307 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
308 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
310 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
311 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
312 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
313 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
314 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
315 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
316 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
319 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
321 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
323 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
324 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
325 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
326 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
328 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
329 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
330 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
331 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
332 debian/rules to do this
333 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
334 patches are incorporated upstream
335 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
336 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
337 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
338 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
339 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
340 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
342 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
343 system closes: Bug#91249
344 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
345 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
346 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
347 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
348 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
349 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
350 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
351 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
352 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
353 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
354 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
355 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
356 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
358 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
360 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
362 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
363 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
364 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
365 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
367 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
368 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
369 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
371 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
374 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
376 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
378 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
379 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
380 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
381 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
382 package for the time being
383 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
384 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
385 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
386 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
387 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
388 * Rename all .text files as .txt
389 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
390 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
391 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
392 Build-Depends arch syntax
393 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
395 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
396 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
398 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
399 from policy maintenance duties.
400 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
401 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
403 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
405 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
407 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
409 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
411 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
413 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
414 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
415 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
416 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
417 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
418 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
419 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
420 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
421 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
422 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
423 minor version number for this
424 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
425 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
426 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
427 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
428 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
429 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
430 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
431 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
432 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
434 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
436 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
438 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
439 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
440 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
441 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
442 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
444 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
446 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
447 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
448 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
449 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
450 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
451 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
452 xutils closes: Bug#82966
453 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
454 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
455 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
456 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
457 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
458 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
459 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
460 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
461 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
464 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
466 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
468 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
469 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
471 * Document the Enhances relationship
472 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
473 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
474 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
475 policy. closes: Bug#53496
476 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
477 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
479 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
481 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
482 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
483 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
484 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
486 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
487 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
488 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
489 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
490 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
492 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
494 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
496 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
497 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
498 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
500 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
501 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
502 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
503 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
504 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
505 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
506 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
507 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
508 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
510 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
512 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
514 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
516 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
517 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
518 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
519 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
520 policy. closes: Bug#64437
521 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
522 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
523 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
524 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
525 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
526 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
527 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
528 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
529 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
530 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
531 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
532 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
533 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
534 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
535 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
536 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
537 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
539 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
540 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
542 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
544 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
546 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
547 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
548 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
549 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
550 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
551 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
552 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
553 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
554 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
555 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
556 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
557 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
558 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
559 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
560 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
561 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
562 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
563 alternative closes: Bug#53755
564 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
565 list closes: Bug#53756
566 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
567 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
568 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
569 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
570 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
571 policy closes: Bug#53760
572 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
573 policy closes: Bug#53761
574 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
575 that use X closes: Bug#53762
576 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
577 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
578 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
579 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
580 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
581 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
582 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
583 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
584 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
586 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
587 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
588 to install with older fileutils.
589 * Installed FHS version 2.1
590 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
591 * Added FHS details to copyright file
592 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
594 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
595 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
597 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
599 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
601 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
602 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
604 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
606 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
608 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
609 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
611 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
614 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
616 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
617 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
619 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
621 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
623 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
625 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
626 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
628 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
630 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
632 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
633 #45561, #42447, #48570)
634 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
635 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
636 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
637 directoried (closes: #41547)
638 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
639 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
640 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
641 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
642 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
643 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
644 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
645 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
646 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
647 package criteria (closes: #45318)
648 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
650 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
651 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
652 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
653 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
654 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
655 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
656 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
658 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
659 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
660 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
661 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
663 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
665 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
667 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
668 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
670 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
672 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
674 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
675 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
677 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
679 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
681 * A few typos and omissions corrected
682 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
684 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
685 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
686 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
687 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
688 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
689 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
690 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
691 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
692 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
693 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
694 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
695 this closes: Bug#38612
696 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
697 before. closes: Bug#40864
699 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
701 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
703 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
705 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
707 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
708 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
709 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
711 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
712 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
713 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
714 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
715 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
716 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
718 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
719 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
720 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
722 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
724 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
725 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
726 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
727 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
728 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
730 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
732 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
734 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
735 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
736 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
737 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
738 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
739 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
740 there). closes: Bug#34233
741 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
742 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
743 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
744 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
745 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
747 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
749 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
751 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
752 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
753 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
754 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
757 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
758 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
759 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
760 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
761 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
764 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
765 number. closes: BUG#25911
767 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
768 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
769 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
770 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
771 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
772 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
774 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
775 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
776 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
779 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
780 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
781 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
783 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
784 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
785 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
786 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
788 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
789 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
790 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
792 * Make the package optional, not extra.
794 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
795 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
796 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
797 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
798 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
799 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
800 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
801 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
804 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
806 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
807 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
810 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
812 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
814 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
816 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
818 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
820 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
821 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
822 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
823 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
824 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
825 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
826 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
827 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
829 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
830 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
832 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
834 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
836 * non-maintainer release
837 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
838 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
840 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
841 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
843 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
845 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
847 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
851 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
853 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
855 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
857 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
858 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
859 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
861 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
862 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
864 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
865 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
866 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
867 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
869 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
870 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
871 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
872 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
873 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
874 and restart options and to comply with the console message
875 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
877 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
878 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
879 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
882 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
883 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
884 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
886 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
887 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
888 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
890 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
891 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
893 * New version numbering scheme:
895 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
896 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
897 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
900 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
901 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
902 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
903 differ between the manuals.
905 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
906 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
907 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
908 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
912 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
913 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
915 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
917 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
919 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
921 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
923 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
924 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
925 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
927 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
928 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
931 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
932 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
933 file extension as the referenced file
935 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
936 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
938 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
939 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
940 start, stop, restart, force-reload
941 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
944 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
945 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
946 be installed into /etc/cron.d
948 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
949 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
950 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
951 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
954 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
955 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
958 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
959 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
960 reasonable default configuration
962 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
963 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
964 by all news servers and clients
966 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
967 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
968 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
969 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
970 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
972 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
973 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
976 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
978 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
979 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
981 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
984 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
985 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
987 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
988 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
990 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
992 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
994 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
996 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
997 - X library package is now called xlib6g
998 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
999 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1001 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1003 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1004 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1005 * Don't use debstd anymore
1007 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1009 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1011 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1012 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1013 contrib/non-free policy
1014 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1015 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1016 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1017 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1018 - new section about `Daemons'
1019 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1020 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1021 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1022 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1023 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1024 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1025 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1026 * SGML source code included in package
1027 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1029 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1031 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1033 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1034 - completely reworked structure
1035 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1036 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1037 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1038 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1039 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1040 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1041 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1042 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1043 - mention "orphaned packages"
1044 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1045 distributions' policy
1046 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1047 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1048 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1049 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1050 - added section about arch spec strings
1051 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1052 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1053 - added section about "menus"
1054 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1055 the new documentation policy soon
1056 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1057 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1059 - added section about editors and pagers
1060 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1061 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1062 - added section about device files
1063 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1064 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1065 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1067 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1068 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1069 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1070 - Added new section about obsolete names
1071 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1072 * Fixed package's description
1074 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1076 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1078 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1080 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1082 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1084 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1085 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1086 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1087 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1089 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1091 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1093 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1094 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1095 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1097 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1098 and upload it "byhand" too.
1100 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1102 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1105 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1106 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1107 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1108 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1109 functionality must not have the same name.
1110 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1111 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1112 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1113 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1114 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1115 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1116 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1118 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1119 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1120 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1121 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1122 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1123 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1124 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1125 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1128 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1130 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1132 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1134 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1135 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1136 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1137 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1138 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1141 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1143 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1145 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1147 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1148 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1149 description of deb file format.
1150 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1151 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1153 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1155 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1156 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1158 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1160 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1162 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1163 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1164 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1165 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1166 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1167 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1168 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1169 packages in section on Procedure
1170 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1171 a package maintainer
1172 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1173 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1174 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1176 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1177 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1178 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1179 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1180 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1181 on various shlib files
1182 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1183 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1184 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1186 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1188 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1190 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1191 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1192 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1194 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1195 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1196 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1197 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1198 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1200 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1202 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1204 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1206 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1208 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1209 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1210 compatibility go in contrib.
1212 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1213 instructions in policy manual.
1214 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1217 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1219 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1221 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1222 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1223 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1224 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1226 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1227 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1230 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1232 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1234 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1235 * More detail about changelog format names.
1237 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1238 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1242 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1244 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1246 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1248 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1250 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1252 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1254 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1256 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1257 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1258 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1260 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1262 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1264 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1266 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1268 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1272 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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