1 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
4 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
6 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
8 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
10 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
12 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
13 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
15 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
17 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
19 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
20 #45561, #42447, #48570)
21 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
22 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
23 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
24 directoried (closes: #41547)
25 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
26 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
27 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
28 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
29 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
30 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
31 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
32 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
33 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
34 package criteria (closes: #45318)
35 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
37 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
38 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
39 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
40 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
41 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
42 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
43 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
45 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
46 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
47 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
48 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
50 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
52 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
54 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
55 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
57 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
59 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
61 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
62 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
64 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
66 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
68 * A few typos and omissions corrected
69 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
71 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
72 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
73 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
74 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
75 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
76 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
77 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
78 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
79 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
80 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
81 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
82 this closes: Bug#38612
83 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
84 before. closes: Bug#40864
86 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
88 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
90 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
92 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
94 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
95 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
96 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
98 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
99 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
100 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
101 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
102 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
103 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
105 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
106 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
107 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
109 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
111 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
112 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
113 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
114 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
115 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
117 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
119 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
121 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
122 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
123 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
124 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
125 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
126 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
127 there). closes: Bug#34233
128 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
129 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
130 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
131 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
132 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
134 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
136 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
138 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
139 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
140 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
141 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
144 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
145 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
146 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
147 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
148 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
151 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
152 number. closes: BUG#25911
154 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
155 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
156 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
157 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
158 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
159 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
161 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
162 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
163 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
166 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
167 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
168 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
170 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
171 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
172 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
173 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
175 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
176 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
177 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
179 * Make the package optional, not extra.
181 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
182 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
183 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
184 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
185 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
186 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
187 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
188 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
191 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
193 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
194 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
197 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
199 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
201 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
203 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
205 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
207 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
208 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
209 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
210 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
211 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
212 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
213 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
214 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
216 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
217 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
219 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
221 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
223 * non-maintainer release
224 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
225 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
227 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
228 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
230 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
232 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
234 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
238 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
240 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
242 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
244 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
245 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
246 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
248 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
249 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
251 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
252 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
253 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
254 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
256 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
257 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
258 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
259 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
260 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
261 and restart options and to comply with the console message
262 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
264 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
265 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
266 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
269 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
270 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
271 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
273 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
274 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
275 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
277 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
278 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
280 * New version numbering scheme:
282 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
283 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
284 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
287 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
288 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
289 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
290 differ between the manuals.
292 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
293 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
294 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
295 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
299 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
300 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
302 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
304 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
306 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
308 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
310 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
311 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
312 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
314 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
315 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
318 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
319 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
320 file extension as the referenced file
322 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
323 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
325 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
326 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
327 start, stop, restart, force-reload
328 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
331 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
332 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
333 be installed into /etc/cron.d
335 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
336 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
337 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
338 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
341 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
342 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
345 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
346 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
347 reasonable default configuration
349 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
350 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
351 by all news servers and clients
353 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
354 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
355 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
356 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
357 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
359 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
360 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
363 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
365 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
366 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
368 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
371 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
372 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
374 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
375 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
377 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
379 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
381 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
383 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
384 - X library package is now called xlib6g
385 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
386 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
388 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
390 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
391 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
392 * Don't use debstd anymore
394 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
396 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
398 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
399 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
400 contrib/non-free policy
401 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
402 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
403 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
404 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
405 - new section about `Daemons'
406 - updated section about `Configuration files'
407 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
408 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
409 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
410 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
411 * Paper about libc6 migration:
412 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
413 * SGML source code included in package
414 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
416 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
418 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
420 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
421 - completely reworked structure
422 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
423 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
424 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
425 - removed all those ugly footnotes
426 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
427 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
428 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
429 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
430 - mention "orphaned packages"
431 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
432 distributions' policy
433 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
434 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
435 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
436 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
437 - added section about arch spec strings
438 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
439 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
440 - added section about "menus"
441 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
442 the new documentation policy soon
443 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
444 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
446 - added section about editors and pagers
447 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
448 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
449 - added section about device files
450 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
451 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
452 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
454 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
455 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
456 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
457 - Added new section about obsolete names
458 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
459 * Fixed package's description
461 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
463 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
465 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
467 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
469 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
471 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
472 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
473 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
474 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
476 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
478 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
480 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
481 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
482 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
484 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
485 and upload it "byhand" too.
487 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
489 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
492 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
493 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
494 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
495 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
496 functionality must not have the same name.
497 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
498 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
499 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
500 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
501 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
502 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
503 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
505 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
506 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
507 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
508 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
509 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
510 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
511 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
512 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
515 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
517 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
519 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
521 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
522 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
523 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
524 a package into. (Guy Maor)
525 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
528 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
530 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
532 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
534 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
535 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
536 description of deb file format.
537 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
538 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
540 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
542 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
543 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
545 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
547 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
549 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
550 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
551 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
552 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
553 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
554 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
555 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
556 packages in section on Procedure
557 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
559 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
560 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
561 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
563 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
564 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
565 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
566 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
567 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
568 on various shlib files
569 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
570 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
571 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
573 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
575 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
577 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
578 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
579 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
581 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
582 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
583 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
584 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
585 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
587 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
589 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
591 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
593 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
595 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
596 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
597 compatibility go in contrib.
599 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
600 instructions in policy manual.
601 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
604 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
606 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
608 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
609 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
610 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
611 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
613 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
614 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
617 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
619 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
621 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
622 * More detail about changelog format names.
624 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
625 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
629 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
631 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
633 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
635 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
637 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
639 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
641 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
643 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
644 * More verbosity about netiquette.
645 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
647 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
649 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
651 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
653 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
655 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
659 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
662 mode: debian-changelog