1 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
4 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
8 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
9 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
10 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
11 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
13 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:59:48 -0700
15 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
18 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
19 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
22 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
23 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
25 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
26 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
27 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
28 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
30 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
31 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
32 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
33 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
35 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
36 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
37 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
38 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
40 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
41 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
42 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
43 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
47 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
48 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
49 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
50 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
51 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
53 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
54 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
55 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
56 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
58 * Add myself to Uploaders.
61 * Add myself to Uploaders.
62 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
64 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
65 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
66 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
68 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
70 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
72 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
73 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
74 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
75 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
77 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
78 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
79 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
80 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
82 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
83 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
84 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
85 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
87 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
88 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
89 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
90 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
92 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
93 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
94 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
95 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
97 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
98 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
99 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
100 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
102 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
103 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
105 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
107 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
108 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
109 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
110 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
112 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
113 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
114 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
115 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
117 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
118 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
119 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
120 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
122 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
123 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
124 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
125 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
126 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
128 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
129 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
130 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
131 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
132 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
133 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
134 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
135 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
136 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
137 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
138 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
139 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
140 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
141 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
142 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
143 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
144 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
145 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
146 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
147 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
148 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
149 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
150 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
151 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
152 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
153 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
154 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
155 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
156 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
157 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
159 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
160 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
161 links was completed long ago.
162 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
164 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
166 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
168 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
169 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
171 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
173 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
175 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
176 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
177 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
178 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
179 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
180 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
181 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
182 Millan (Closes: #209008).
183 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
184 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
186 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
188 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
190 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
191 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
192 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
193 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
194 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
195 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
196 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
198 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
199 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
200 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
201 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
203 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
204 Küster (Closes: #403391).
205 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
206 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
207 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
208 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
209 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
210 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
211 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
212 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
213 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
214 Closes: #186700, #458910
215 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
216 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
217 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
219 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
220 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
221 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
222 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
223 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
224 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
225 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
226 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
228 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
229 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
231 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
232 * Add an md5sums control file.
233 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
234 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
235 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
236 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
237 currently part of policy.
238 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
239 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
240 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
243 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
245 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
247 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
248 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
249 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
250 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
251 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
252 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
253 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
254 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
255 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
256 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
257 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
258 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
259 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
260 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
261 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
262 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
264 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
266 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
267 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
268 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
270 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
271 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
272 list?" (Closes: #412634).
273 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
274 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
275 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
276 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
277 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
278 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
279 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
280 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
281 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
282 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
283 debconf specification.
284 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
285 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
287 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
289 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
291 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
292 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
293 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
294 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
295 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
297 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
299 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
300 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
301 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
302 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
303 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
305 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
306 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
307 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
308 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
309 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
310 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
311 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
312 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
313 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
314 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
315 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
316 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
317 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
318 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
319 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
320 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
322 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
324 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
325 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
326 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
327 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
328 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
329 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
330 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
331 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
333 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
335 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
337 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
338 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
339 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
340 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
341 Polo (Closes: #372497).
342 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
343 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
345 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
346 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
347 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
348 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
349 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
350 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
351 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
352 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
353 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
354 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
356 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
357 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
358 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
359 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
360 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
361 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
363 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
365 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
367 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
368 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
369 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
370 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
372 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
373 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
375 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
377 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
379 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
380 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
381 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
382 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
383 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
384 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
385 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
386 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
387 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
388 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
390 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
391 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
392 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
393 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
394 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
395 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
396 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
397 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
398 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
399 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
400 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
403 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
405 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
407 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
408 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
409 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
410 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
411 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
412 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
413 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
414 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
415 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
416 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
417 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
418 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
419 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
420 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
421 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
422 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
423 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
424 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
425 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
426 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
427 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
428 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
429 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
430 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
431 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
432 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
433 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
434 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
436 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
437 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
438 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
439 Hess (Closes: #362247).
440 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
441 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
442 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
443 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
444 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
445 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
446 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
447 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
448 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
449 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
450 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
451 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
453 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
454 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
456 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
457 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
458 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
459 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
460 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
461 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
462 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
463 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
464 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
465 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
466 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
468 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
470 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
473 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
474 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
475 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
476 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
477 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
478 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
479 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
480 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
481 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
482 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
483 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
484 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
485 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
487 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
488 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
489 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
490 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
491 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
492 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
493 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
494 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
495 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
496 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
497 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
498 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
499 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
500 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
501 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
502 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
503 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
504 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
505 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
508 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
510 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
512 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
513 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
514 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
515 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
517 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
518 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
519 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
520 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
522 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
524 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
527 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
528 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
529 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
530 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
531 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
532 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
533 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
534 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
535 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
536 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
538 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
539 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
540 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
542 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
543 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
544 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
545 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
546 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
547 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
548 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
550 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
551 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
552 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
553 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
555 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
556 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
557 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
558 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
559 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
560 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
561 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
562 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
564 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
565 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
566 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
567 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
568 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
569 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
570 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
571 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
572 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
573 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
574 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
575 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
576 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
577 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
578 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
579 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
580 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
582 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
584 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
587 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
588 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
589 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
590 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
591 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
592 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
593 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
594 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
595 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
597 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
598 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
599 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
600 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
601 this section. closes: Bug#248618
602 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
603 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
604 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
605 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
606 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
607 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
608 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
609 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
610 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
611 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
612 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
613 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
615 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
616 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
617 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
620 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
621 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
622 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
624 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
625 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
626 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
627 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
628 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
629 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
631 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
632 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
634 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
635 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
636 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
637 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
638 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
639 Closes: #185943, #237049
641 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
643 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
646 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
649 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
650 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
651 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
652 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
653 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
654 running. closes: Bug#187250
655 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
656 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
657 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
658 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
659 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
660 user closes: Bug#176506
662 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
664 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
667 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
668 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
669 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
670 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
671 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
672 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
673 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
674 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
675 deb-building toolchain.
676 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
677 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
678 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
679 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
680 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
681 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
682 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
683 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
684 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
685 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
686 sections about changelog files.
688 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
689 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
690 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
691 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
692 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
693 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
695 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
696 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
697 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
698 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
699 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
700 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
701 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
702 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
703 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
704 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
705 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
706 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
707 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
708 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
709 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
710 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
711 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
712 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
713 for the restructuring
715 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
717 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
720 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
722 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
723 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
724 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
725 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
726 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
727 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
729 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
730 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
731 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
732 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
733 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
734 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
735 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
737 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
738 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
739 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
740 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
742 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
744 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
747 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
748 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
749 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
750 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
751 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
752 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
754 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
755 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
756 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
757 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
759 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
760 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
761 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
762 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
763 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
764 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
765 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
766 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
767 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
769 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
770 script should start it, closes: #60979
771 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
772 "should", closes: #170019
773 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
774 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
775 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
776 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
777 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
778 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
779 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
780 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
783 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
785 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
788 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
789 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
790 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
791 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
792 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
793 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
794 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
795 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
796 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
798 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
799 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
800 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
801 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
802 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
803 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
804 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
805 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
806 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
808 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
809 file, closes: Bug#65764
811 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
813 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
815 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
816 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
817 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
818 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
819 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
820 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
821 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
822 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
823 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
824 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
825 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
826 details. closes: Bug#133030
827 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
828 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
831 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
833 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
835 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
836 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
837 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
838 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
839 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
840 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
841 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
842 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
843 not. closes: Bug#139820
844 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
845 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
846 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
847 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
848 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
849 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
850 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
851 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
852 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
853 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
855 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
857 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
858 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
859 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
860 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
861 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
862 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
863 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
864 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
865 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
866 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
867 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
868 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
869 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
870 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
871 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
872 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
873 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
874 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
875 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
876 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
878 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
879 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
880 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
881 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
882 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
883 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
884 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
886 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
887 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
888 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
889 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
890 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
891 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
892 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
893 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
894 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
896 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
898 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
900 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
901 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
902 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
903 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
904 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
905 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
906 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
907 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
908 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
909 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
910 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
911 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
912 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
913 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
914 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
915 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
916 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
917 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
918 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
919 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
920 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
921 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
922 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
924 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
926 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
928 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
929 medium, high, emergency.
930 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
931 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
932 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
933 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
934 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
937 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
938 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
939 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
941 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
942 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
943 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
944 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
945 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
946 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
947 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
950 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
952 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
954 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
955 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
956 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
957 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
959 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
960 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
961 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
962 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
963 debian/rules to do this
964 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
965 patches are incorporated upstream
966 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
967 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
968 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
969 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
970 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
971 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
973 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
974 system closes: Bug#91249
975 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
976 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
977 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
978 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
979 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
980 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
981 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
982 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
983 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
984 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
985 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
986 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
987 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
989 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
991 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
993 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
994 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
995 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
996 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
998 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
999 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1000 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1002 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1005 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1007 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1009 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1010 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1011 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1012 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1013 package for the time being
1014 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1015 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1016 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1017 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1018 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1019 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1020 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1021 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1022 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1023 Build-Depends arch syntax
1024 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1026 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1027 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1029 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1030 from policy maintenance duties.
1031 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1032 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1034 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1036 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1038 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1040 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1042 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1044 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1045 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1046 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1047 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1048 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1049 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1050 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1051 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1052 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1053 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1054 minor version number for this
1055 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1056 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1057 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1058 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1059 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1060 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1061 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1062 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1063 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1065 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1067 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1069 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1070 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1071 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1072 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1073 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1075 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1077 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1078 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1079 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1080 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1081 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1082 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1083 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1084 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1085 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1086 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1087 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1088 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1089 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1090 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1091 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1092 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1095 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1097 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1099 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1100 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1102 * Document the Enhances relationship
1103 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1104 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1105 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1106 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1107 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1108 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1110 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1112 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1113 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1114 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1115 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1117 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1118 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1119 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1120 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1121 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1123 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1125 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1127 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1128 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1129 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1131 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1132 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1133 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1134 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1135 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1136 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1137 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1138 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1139 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1141 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1143 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1145 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1147 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1148 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1149 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1150 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1151 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1152 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1153 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1154 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1155 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1156 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1157 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1158 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1159 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1160 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1161 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1162 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1163 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1164 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1165 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1166 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1167 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1168 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1170 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1171 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1173 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1175 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1177 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1178 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1179 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1180 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1181 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1182 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1183 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1184 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1185 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1186 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1187 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1188 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1189 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1190 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1191 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1192 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1193 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1194 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1195 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1196 list closes: Bug#53756
1197 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1198 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1199 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1200 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1201 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1202 policy closes: Bug#53760
1203 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1204 policy closes: Bug#53761
1205 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1206 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1207 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1208 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1209 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1210 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1211 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1212 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1213 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1214 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1215 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1217 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1218 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1219 to install with older fileutils.
1220 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1221 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1222 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1223 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1225 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1226 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1228 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1230 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1232 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1233 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1235 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1237 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1239 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1240 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1242 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1245 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1247 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1248 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1250 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1252 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1254 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1256 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1257 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1259 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1261 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1263 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1264 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1265 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1266 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1267 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1268 directoried (closes: #41547)
1269 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1270 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1271 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1272 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1273 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1274 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1275 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1276 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1277 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1278 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1279 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1281 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1282 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1283 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1284 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1285 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1286 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1287 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1289 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1290 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1291 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1292 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1294 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1296 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1298 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1299 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1301 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1303 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1305 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1306 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1308 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1310 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1312 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1313 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1315 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1316 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1317 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1318 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1319 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1320 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1321 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1322 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1323 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1324 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1325 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1326 this closes: Bug#38612
1327 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1328 before. closes: Bug#40864
1330 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1332 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1334 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1335 officially uploaded.
1336 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1338 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1339 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1340 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1342 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1343 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1344 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1345 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1346 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1347 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1349 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1350 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1351 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1353 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1355 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1356 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1357 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1358 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1359 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1361 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1363 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1365 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1366 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1367 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1368 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1369 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1370 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1371 there). closes: Bug#34233
1372 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1373 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1374 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1375 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1376 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1378 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1380 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1382 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1383 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1384 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1385 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1388 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1389 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1390 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1391 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1392 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1395 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1396 number. closes: BUG#25911
1398 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1399 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1400 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1401 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1402 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1403 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1405 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1406 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1407 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1410 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1411 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1412 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1414 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1415 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1416 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1417 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1419 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1420 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1421 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1423 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1425 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1426 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1427 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1428 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1429 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1430 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1431 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1432 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1435 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1437 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1438 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1441 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1443 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1445 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1447 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1449 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1451 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1452 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1453 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1454 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1455 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1456 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1457 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1458 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1460 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1461 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1463 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1465 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1467 * non-maintainer release
1468 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1469 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1471 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1472 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1473 * no content changes
1474 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1476 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1478 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1482 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1484 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1486 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1488 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1489 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1490 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1492 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1493 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1495 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1496 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1497 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1498 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1500 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1501 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1502 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1503 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1504 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1505 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1506 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1508 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1509 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1510 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1513 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1514 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1515 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1517 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1518 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1519 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1521 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1522 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1524 * New version numbering scheme:
1526 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1527 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1528 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1531 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1532 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1533 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1534 differ between the manuals.
1536 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1537 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1538 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1539 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1541 * Packaging changes:
1543 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1544 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1546 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1548 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1550 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1552 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1554 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1555 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1556 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1558 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1559 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1562 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1563 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1564 file extension as the referenced file
1566 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1567 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1569 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1570 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1571 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1572 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1575 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1576 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1577 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1579 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1580 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1581 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1582 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1585 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1586 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1589 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1590 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1591 reasonable default configuration
1593 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1594 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1595 by all news servers and clients
1597 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1598 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1599 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1600 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1601 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1603 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1604 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1607 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1609 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1610 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1612 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1615 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1616 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1618 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1619 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1621 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1623 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1625 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1627 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1628 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1629 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1630 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1632 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1634 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1635 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1636 * Don't use debstd anymore
1638 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1640 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1642 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1643 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1644 contrib/non-free policy
1645 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1646 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1647 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1648 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1649 - new section about `Daemons'
1650 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1651 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1652 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1653 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1654 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1655 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1656 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1657 * SGML source code included in package
1658 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1660 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1662 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1664 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1665 - completely reworked structure
1666 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1667 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1668 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1669 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1670 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1671 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1672 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1673 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1674 - mention "orphaned packages"
1675 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1676 distributions' policy
1677 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1678 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1679 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1680 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1681 - added section about arch spec strings
1682 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1683 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1684 - added section about "menus"
1685 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1686 the new documentation policy soon
1687 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1688 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1690 - added section about editors and pagers
1691 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1692 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1693 - added section about device files
1694 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1695 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1696 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1698 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1699 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1700 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1701 - Added new section about obsolete names
1702 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1703 * Fixed package's description
1705 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1707 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1709 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1711 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1713 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1715 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1716 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1717 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1718 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1720 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1722 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1724 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1725 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1726 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1728 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1729 and upload it "byhand" too.
1731 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1733 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1736 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1737 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1738 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1739 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1740 functionality must not have the same name.
1741 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1742 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1743 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1744 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1745 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1746 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1747 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1749 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1750 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1751 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1752 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1753 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1754 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1755 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1756 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1759 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1761 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1763 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1765 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1766 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1767 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1768 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1769 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1772 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1774 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1776 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1778 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1779 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1780 description of deb file format.
1781 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1782 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1784 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1786 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1787 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1789 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1791 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1793 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1794 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1795 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1796 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1797 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1798 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1799 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1800 packages in section on Procedure
1801 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1802 a package maintainer
1803 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1804 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1805 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1807 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1808 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1809 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1810 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1811 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1812 on various shlib files
1813 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1814 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1815 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1817 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1819 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1821 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1822 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1823 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1825 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1826 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1827 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1828 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1829 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1831 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1833 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1835 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1837 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1839 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1840 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1841 compatibility go in contrib.
1843 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1844 instructions in policy manual.
1845 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1848 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1850 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1852 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1853 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1854 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1855 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1857 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1858 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1861 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1863 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1865 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1866 * More detail about changelog format names.
1868 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1869 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1873 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1875 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1877 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1879 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1881 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1883 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1885 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1887 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1888 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1889 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1891 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1893 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1895 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1897 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1899 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1903 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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