1 debian-policy (3.5.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
4 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
5 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
6 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
8 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
9 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
10 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
11 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
12 debian/rules to do this
13 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
14 patches are incorporated upstream
15 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
16 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
17 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
18 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
19 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
20 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
22 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
23 system closes: Bug#91249
24 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
25 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
26 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
27 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
28 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
29 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
30 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
31 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
32 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
36 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
38 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
39 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
40 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
41 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
43 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
44 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
45 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
47 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
50 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
52 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
54 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
55 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
56 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
57 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
58 package for the time being
59 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
60 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
61 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
62 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
63 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
64 * Rename all .text files as .txt
65 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
66 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
67 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
68 Build-Depends arch syntax
69 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
71 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
72 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
74 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
75 from policy maintenance duties.
76 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
77 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
79 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
81 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
83 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
85 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
87 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
89 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
90 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
91 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
92 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
93 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
94 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
95 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
96 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
97 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
98 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
99 minor version number for this
100 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
101 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
102 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
103 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
104 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
105 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
106 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
107 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
108 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
110 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
112 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
114 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
115 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
116 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
117 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
118 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
120 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
122 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
123 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
124 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
125 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
126 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
127 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
128 xutils closes: Bug#82966
129 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
130 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
131 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
132 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
133 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
134 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
135 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
136 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
137 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
140 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
142 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
144 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
145 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
147 * Document the Enhances relationship
148 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
149 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
150 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
151 policy. closes: Bug#53496
152 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
153 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
155 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
157 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
158 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
159 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
160 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
162 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
163 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
164 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
165 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
166 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
168 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
170 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
172 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
173 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
174 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
176 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
177 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
178 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
179 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
180 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
181 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
182 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
183 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
184 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
186 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
188 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
190 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
192 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
193 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
194 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
195 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
196 policy. closes: Bug#64437
197 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
198 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
199 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
200 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
201 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
202 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
203 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
204 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
205 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
206 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
207 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
208 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
209 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
210 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
211 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
212 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
213 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
215 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
216 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
218 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
220 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
222 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
223 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
224 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
225 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
226 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
227 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
228 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
229 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
230 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
231 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
232 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
233 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
234 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
235 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
236 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
237 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
238 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
239 alternative closes: Bug#53755
240 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
241 list closes: Bug#53756
242 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
243 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
244 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
245 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
246 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
247 policy closes: Bug#53760
248 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
249 policy closes: Bug#53761
250 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
251 that use X closes: Bug#53762
252 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
253 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
254 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
255 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
256 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
257 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
258 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
259 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
260 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
262 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
263 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
264 to install with older fileutils.
265 * Installed FHS version 2.1
266 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
267 * Added FHS details to copyright file
268 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
270 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
271 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
273 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
275 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
277 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
278 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
280 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
282 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
284 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
285 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
287 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
290 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
292 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
293 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
295 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
297 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
299 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
301 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
302 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
304 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
306 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
308 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
309 #45561, #42447, #48570)
310 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
311 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
312 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
313 directoried (closes: #41547)
314 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
315 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
316 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
317 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
318 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
319 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
320 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
321 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
322 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
323 package criteria (closes: #45318)
324 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
326 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
327 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
328 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
329 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
330 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
331 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
332 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
334 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
335 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
336 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
337 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
339 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
341 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
343 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
344 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
346 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
348 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
350 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
351 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
353 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
355 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
357 * A few typos and omissions corrected
358 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
360 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
361 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
362 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
363 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
364 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
365 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
366 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
367 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
368 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
369 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
370 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
371 this closes: Bug#38612
372 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
373 before. closes: Bug#40864
375 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
377 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
379 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
381 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
383 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
384 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
385 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
387 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
388 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
389 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
390 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
391 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
392 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
394 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
395 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
396 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
398 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
400 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
401 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
402 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
403 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
404 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
406 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
408 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
410 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
411 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
412 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
413 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
414 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
415 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
416 there). closes: Bug#34233
417 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
418 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
419 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
420 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
421 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
423 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
425 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
427 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
428 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
429 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
430 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
433 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
434 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
435 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
436 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
437 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
440 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
441 number. closes: BUG#25911
443 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
444 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
445 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
446 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
447 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
448 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
450 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
451 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
452 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
455 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
456 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
457 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
459 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
460 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
461 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
462 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
464 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
465 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
466 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
468 * Make the package optional, not extra.
470 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
471 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
472 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
473 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
474 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
475 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
476 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
477 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
480 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
482 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
483 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
486 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
488 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
490 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
492 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
494 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
496 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
497 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
498 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
499 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
500 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
501 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
502 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
503 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
505 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
506 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
508 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
510 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
512 * non-maintainer release
513 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
514 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
516 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
517 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
519 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
521 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
523 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
527 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
529 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
531 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
533 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
534 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
535 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
537 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
538 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
540 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
541 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
542 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
543 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
545 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
546 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
547 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
548 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
549 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
550 and restart options and to comply with the console message
551 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
553 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
554 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
555 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
558 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
559 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
560 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
562 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
563 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
564 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
566 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
567 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
569 * New version numbering scheme:
571 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
572 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
573 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
576 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
577 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
578 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
579 differ between the manuals.
581 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
582 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
583 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
584 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
588 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
589 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
591 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
593 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
595 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
597 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
599 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
600 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
601 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
603 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
604 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
607 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
608 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
609 file extension as the referenced file
611 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
612 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
614 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
615 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
616 start, stop, restart, force-reload
617 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
620 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
621 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
622 be installed into /etc/cron.d
624 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
625 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
626 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
627 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
630 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
631 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
634 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
635 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
636 reasonable default configuration
638 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
639 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
640 by all news servers and clients
642 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
643 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
644 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
645 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
646 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
648 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
649 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
652 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
654 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
655 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
657 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
660 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
661 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
663 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
664 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
666 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
668 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
670 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
672 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
673 - X library package is now called xlib6g
674 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
675 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
677 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
679 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
680 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
681 * Don't use debstd anymore
683 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
685 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
687 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
688 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
689 contrib/non-free policy
690 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
691 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
692 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
693 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
694 - new section about `Daemons'
695 - updated section about `Configuration files'
696 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
697 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
698 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
699 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
700 * Paper about libc6 migration:
701 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
702 * SGML source code included in package
703 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
705 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
707 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
709 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
710 - completely reworked structure
711 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
712 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
713 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
714 - removed all those ugly footnotes
715 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
716 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
717 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
718 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
719 - mention "orphaned packages"
720 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
721 distributions' policy
722 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
723 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
724 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
725 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
726 - added section about arch spec strings
727 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
728 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
729 - added section about "menus"
730 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
731 the new documentation policy soon
732 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
733 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
735 - added section about editors and pagers
736 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
737 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
738 - added section about device files
739 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
740 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
741 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
743 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
744 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
745 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
746 - Added new section about obsolete names
747 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
748 * Fixed package's description
750 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
752 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
754 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
756 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
758 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
760 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
761 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
762 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
763 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
765 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
767 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
769 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
770 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
771 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
773 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
774 and upload it "byhand" too.
776 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
778 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
781 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
782 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
783 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
784 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
785 functionality must not have the same name.
786 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
787 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
788 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
789 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
790 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
791 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
792 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
794 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
795 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
796 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
797 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
798 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
799 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
800 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
801 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
804 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
806 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
808 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
810 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
811 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
812 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
813 a package into. (Guy Maor)
814 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
817 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
819 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
821 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
823 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
824 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
825 description of deb file format.
826 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
827 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
829 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
831 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
832 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
834 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
836 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
838 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
839 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
840 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
841 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
842 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
843 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
844 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
845 packages in section on Procedure
846 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
848 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
849 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
850 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
852 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
853 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
854 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
855 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
856 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
857 on various shlib files
858 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
859 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
860 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
862 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
864 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
866 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
867 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
868 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
870 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
871 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
872 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
873 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
874 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
876 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
878 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
880 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
882 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
884 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
885 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
886 compatibility go in contrib.
888 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
889 instructions in policy manual.
890 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
893 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
895 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
897 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
898 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
899 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
900 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
902 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
903 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
906 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
908 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
910 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
911 * More detail about changelog format names.
913 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
914 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
918 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
920 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
922 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
924 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
926 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
928 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
930 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
932 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
933 * More verbosity about netiquette.
934 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
936 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
938 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
940 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
942 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
944 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
948 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100