1 debian-policy (3.5.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
4 medium, high, emergency.
5 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
6 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
10 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
12 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
13 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
14 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
15 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
17 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
18 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
19 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
20 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
21 debian/rules to do this
22 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
23 patches are incorporated upstream
24 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
25 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
26 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
27 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
28 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
29 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
31 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
32 system closes: Bug#91249
33 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
34 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
35 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
36 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
37 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
38 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
39 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
40 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
41 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
42 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
43 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
44 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
45 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
47 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
49 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
51 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
52 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
53 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
54 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
56 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
57 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
58 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
60 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
63 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
65 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
67 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
68 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
69 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
70 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
71 package for the time being
72 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
73 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
74 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
75 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
76 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
77 * Rename all .text files as .txt
78 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
79 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
80 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
81 Build-Depends arch syntax
82 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
84 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
85 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
87 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
88 from policy maintenance duties.
89 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
90 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
92 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
94 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
96 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
98 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
100 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
102 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
103 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
104 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
105 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
106 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
107 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
108 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
109 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
110 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
111 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
112 minor version number for this
113 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
114 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
115 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
116 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
117 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
118 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
119 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
120 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
121 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
123 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
125 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
127 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
128 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
129 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
130 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
131 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
133 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
135 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
136 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
137 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
138 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
139 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
140 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
141 xutils closes: Bug#82966
142 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
143 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
144 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
145 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
146 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
147 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
148 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
149 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
150 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
153 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
155 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
157 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
158 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
160 * Document the Enhances relationship
161 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
162 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
163 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
164 policy. closes: Bug#53496
165 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
166 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
168 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
170 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
171 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
172 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
173 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
175 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
176 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
177 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
178 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
179 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
181 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
183 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
185 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
186 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
187 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
189 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
190 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
191 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
192 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
193 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
194 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
195 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
196 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
197 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
199 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
201 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
203 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
205 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
206 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
207 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
208 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
209 policy. closes: Bug#64437
210 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
211 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
212 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
213 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
214 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
215 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
216 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
217 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
218 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
219 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
220 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
221 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
222 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
223 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
224 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
225 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
226 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
228 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
229 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
231 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
233 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
235 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
236 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
237 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
238 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
239 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
240 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
241 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
242 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
243 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
244 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
245 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
246 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
247 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
248 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
249 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
250 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
251 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
252 alternative closes: Bug#53755
253 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
254 list closes: Bug#53756
255 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
256 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
257 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
258 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
259 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
260 policy closes: Bug#53760
261 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
262 policy closes: Bug#53761
263 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
264 that use X closes: Bug#53762
265 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
266 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
267 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
268 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
269 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
270 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
271 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
272 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
273 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
275 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
276 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
277 to install with older fileutils.
278 * Installed FHS version 2.1
279 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
280 * Added FHS details to copyright file
281 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
283 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
284 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
286 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
288 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
290 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
291 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
293 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
295 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
297 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
298 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
300 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
303 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
305 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
306 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
308 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
310 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
312 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
314 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
315 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
317 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
319 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
321 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
322 #45561, #42447, #48570)
323 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
324 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
325 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
326 directoried (closes: #41547)
327 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
328 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
329 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
330 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
331 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
332 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
333 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
334 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
335 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
336 package criteria (closes: #45318)
337 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
339 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
340 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
341 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
342 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
343 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
344 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
345 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
347 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
348 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
349 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
350 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
352 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
354 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
356 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
357 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
359 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
361 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
363 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
364 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
366 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
368 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
370 * A few typos and omissions corrected
371 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
373 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
374 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
375 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
376 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
377 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
378 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
379 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
380 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
381 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
382 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
383 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
384 this closes: Bug#38612
385 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
386 before. closes: Bug#40864
388 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
390 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
392 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
394 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
396 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
397 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
398 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
400 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
401 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
402 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
403 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
404 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
405 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
407 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
408 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
409 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
411 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
413 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
414 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
415 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
416 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
417 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
419 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
421 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
423 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
424 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
425 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
426 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
427 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
428 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
429 there). closes: Bug#34233
430 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
431 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
432 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
433 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
434 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
436 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
438 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
440 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
441 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
442 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
443 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
446 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
447 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
448 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
449 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
450 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
453 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
454 number. closes: BUG#25911
456 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
457 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
458 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
459 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
460 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
461 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
463 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
464 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
465 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
468 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
469 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
470 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
472 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
473 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
474 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
475 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
477 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
478 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
479 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
481 * Make the package optional, not extra.
483 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
484 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
485 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
486 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
487 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
488 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
489 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
490 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
493 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
495 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
496 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
499 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
501 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
503 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
505 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
507 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
509 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
510 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
511 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
512 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
513 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
514 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
515 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
516 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
518 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
519 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
521 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
523 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
525 * non-maintainer release
526 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
527 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
529 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
530 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
532 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
534 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
536 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
540 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
542 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
544 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
546 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
547 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
548 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
550 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
551 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
553 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
554 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
555 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
556 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
558 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
559 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
560 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
561 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
562 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
563 and restart options and to comply with the console message
564 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
566 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
567 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
568 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
571 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
572 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
573 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
575 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
576 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
577 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
579 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
580 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
582 * New version numbering scheme:
584 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
585 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
586 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
589 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
590 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
591 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
592 differ between the manuals.
594 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
595 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
596 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
597 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
601 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
602 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
604 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
606 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
608 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
610 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
612 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
613 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
614 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
616 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
617 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
620 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
621 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
622 file extension as the referenced file
624 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
625 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
627 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
628 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
629 start, stop, restart, force-reload
630 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
633 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
634 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
635 be installed into /etc/cron.d
637 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
638 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
639 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
640 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
643 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
644 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
647 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
648 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
649 reasonable default configuration
651 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
652 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
653 by all news servers and clients
655 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
656 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
657 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
658 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
659 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
661 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
662 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
665 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
667 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
668 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
670 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
673 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
674 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
676 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
677 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
679 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
681 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
683 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
685 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
686 - X library package is now called xlib6g
687 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
688 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
690 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
692 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
693 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
694 * Don't use debstd anymore
696 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
698 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
700 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
701 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
702 contrib/non-free policy
703 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
704 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
705 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
706 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
707 - new section about `Daemons'
708 - updated section about `Configuration files'
709 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
710 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
711 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
712 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
713 * Paper about libc6 migration:
714 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
715 * SGML source code included in package
716 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
718 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
720 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
722 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
723 - completely reworked structure
724 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
725 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
726 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
727 - removed all those ugly footnotes
728 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
729 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
730 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
731 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
732 - mention "orphaned packages"
733 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
734 distributions' policy
735 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
736 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
737 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
738 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
739 - added section about arch spec strings
740 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
741 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
742 - added section about "menus"
743 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
744 the new documentation policy soon
745 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
746 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
748 - added section about editors and pagers
749 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
750 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
751 - added section about device files
752 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
753 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
754 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
756 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
757 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
758 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
759 - Added new section about obsolete names
760 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
761 * Fixed package's description
763 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
765 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
767 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
769 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
771 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
773 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
774 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
775 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
776 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
778 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
780 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
782 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
783 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
784 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
786 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
787 and upload it "byhand" too.
789 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
791 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
794 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
795 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
796 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
797 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
798 functionality must not have the same name.
799 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
800 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
801 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
802 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
803 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
804 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
805 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
807 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
808 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
809 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
810 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
811 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
812 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
813 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
814 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
817 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
819 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
821 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
823 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
824 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
825 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
826 a package into. (Guy Maor)
827 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
830 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
832 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
834 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
836 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
837 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
838 description of deb file format.
839 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
840 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
842 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
844 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
845 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
847 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
849 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
851 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
852 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
853 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
854 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
855 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
856 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
857 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
858 packages in section on Procedure
859 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
861 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
862 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
863 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
865 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
866 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
867 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
868 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
869 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
870 on various shlib files
871 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
872 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
873 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
875 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
877 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
879 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
880 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
881 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
883 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
884 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
885 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
886 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
887 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
889 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
891 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
893 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
895 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
897 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
898 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
899 compatibility go in contrib.
901 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
902 instructions in policy manual.
903 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
906 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
908 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
910 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
911 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
912 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
913 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
915 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
916 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
919 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
921 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
923 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
924 * More detail about changelog format names.
926 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
927 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
931 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
933 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
935 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
937 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
939 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
941 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
943 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
945 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
946 * More verbosity about netiquette.
947 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
949 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
951 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
953 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
955 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
957 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
961 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100