1 debian-policy (3.7.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
4 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
5 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
7 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
9 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
10 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
11 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
12 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
13 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
14 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
15 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
16 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
17 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
18 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
19 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
20 currently part of policy.
21 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
25 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
27 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
28 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
29 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
30 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
31 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
32 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
33 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
34 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
35 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
36 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
37 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
38 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
39 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
40 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
41 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
42 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
44 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
46 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
47 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
48 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
50 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
51 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
52 list?" (Closes: #412634).
53 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
54 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
55 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
56 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
57 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
58 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
59 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
60 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
61 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
62 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
63 debconf specification.
64 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
65 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
67 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
69 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
71 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
72 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
73 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
74 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
75 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
77 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
79 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
80 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
81 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
82 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
83 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
85 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
86 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
87 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
88 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
89 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
90 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
91 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
92 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
93 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
94 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
95 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
96 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
97 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
98 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
99 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
100 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
102 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
104 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
105 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
106 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
107 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
108 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
109 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
110 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
111 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
113 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
115 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
117 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
118 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
119 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
120 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
121 Polo (Closes: #372497).
122 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
123 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
125 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
126 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
127 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
128 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
129 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
130 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
131 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
132 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
133 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
134 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
136 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
137 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
138 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
139 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
140 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
141 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
143 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
145 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
147 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
148 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
149 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
150 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
152 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
153 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
155 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
157 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
159 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
160 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
161 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
162 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
163 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
164 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
165 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
166 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
167 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
168 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
170 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
171 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
172 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
173 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
174 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
175 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
176 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
177 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
178 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
179 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
180 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
183 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
185 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
187 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
188 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
189 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
190 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
191 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
192 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
193 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
194 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
195 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
196 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
197 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
198 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
199 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
200 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
201 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
202 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
203 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
204 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
205 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
206 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
207 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
208 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
209 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
210 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
211 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
212 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
213 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
214 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
216 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
217 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
218 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
219 Hess (Closes: #362247).
220 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
221 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
222 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
223 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
224 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
225 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
226 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
227 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
228 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
229 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
230 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
231 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
233 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
234 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
236 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
237 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
238 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
239 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
240 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
241 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
242 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
243 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
244 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
245 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
246 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
248 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
250 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
253 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
254 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
255 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
256 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
257 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
258 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
259 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
260 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
261 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
262 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
263 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
264 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
265 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
267 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
268 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
269 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
270 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
271 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
272 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
273 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
274 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
275 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
276 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
277 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
278 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
279 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
280 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
281 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
282 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
283 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
284 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
285 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
288 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
290 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
292 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
293 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
294 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
295 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
297 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
298 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
299 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
300 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
302 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
304 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
307 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
308 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
309 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
310 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
311 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
312 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
313 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
314 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
315 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
316 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
318 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
319 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
320 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
322 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
323 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
324 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
325 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
326 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
327 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
328 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
330 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
331 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
332 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
333 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
335 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
336 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
337 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
338 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
339 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
340 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
341 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
342 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
344 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
345 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
346 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
347 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
348 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
349 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
350 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
351 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
352 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
353 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
354 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
355 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
356 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
357 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
358 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
359 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
360 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
362 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
364 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
367 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
368 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
369 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
370 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
371 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
372 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
373 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
374 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
375 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
377 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
378 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
379 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
380 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
381 this section. closes: Bug#248618
382 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
383 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
384 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
385 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
386 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
387 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
388 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
389 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
390 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
391 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
392 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
393 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
395 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
396 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
397 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
400 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
401 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
402 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
404 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
405 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
406 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
407 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
408 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
409 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
411 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
412 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
414 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
415 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
416 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
417 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
418 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
419 Closes: #185943, #237049
421 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
423 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
426 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
429 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
430 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
431 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
432 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
433 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
434 running. closes: Bug#187250
435 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
436 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
437 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
438 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
439 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
440 user closes: Bug#176506
442 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
444 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
447 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
448 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
449 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
450 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
451 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
452 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
453 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
454 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
455 deb-building toolchain.
456 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
457 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
458 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
459 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
460 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
461 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
462 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
463 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
464 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
465 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
466 sections about changelog files.
468 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
469 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
470 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
471 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
472 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
473 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
475 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
476 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
477 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
478 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
479 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
480 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
481 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
482 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
483 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
484 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
485 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
486 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
487 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
488 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
489 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
490 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
491 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
492 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
493 for the restructuring
495 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
497 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
500 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
502 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
503 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
504 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
505 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
506 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
507 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
509 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
510 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
511 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
512 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
513 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
514 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
515 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
517 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
518 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
519 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
520 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
522 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
524 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
527 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
528 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
529 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
530 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
531 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
532 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
534 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
535 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
536 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
537 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
539 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
540 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
541 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
542 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
543 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
544 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
545 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
546 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
547 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
549 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
550 script should start it, closes: #60979
551 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
552 "should", closes: #170019
553 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
554 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
555 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
556 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
557 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
558 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
559 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
560 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
563 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
565 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
568 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
569 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
570 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
571 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
572 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
573 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
574 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
575 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
576 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
578 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
579 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
580 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
581 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
582 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
583 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
584 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
585 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
586 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
588 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
589 file, closes: Bug#65764
591 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
593 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
595 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
596 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
597 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
598 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
599 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
600 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
601 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
602 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
603 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
604 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
605 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
606 details. closes: Bug#133030
607 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
608 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
611 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
613 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
615 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
616 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
617 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
618 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
619 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
620 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
621 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
622 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
623 not. closes: Bug#139820
624 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
625 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
626 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
627 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
628 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
629 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
630 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
631 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
632 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
633 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
635 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
637 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
638 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
639 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
640 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
641 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
642 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
643 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
644 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
645 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
646 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
647 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
648 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
649 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
650 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
651 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
652 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
653 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
654 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
655 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
656 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
658 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
659 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
660 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
661 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
662 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
663 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
664 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
666 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
667 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
668 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
669 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
670 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
671 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
672 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
673 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
674 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
676 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
678 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
680 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
681 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
682 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
683 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
684 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
685 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
686 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
687 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
688 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
689 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
690 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
691 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
692 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
693 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
694 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
695 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
696 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
697 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
698 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
699 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
700 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
701 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
702 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
704 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
706 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
708 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
709 medium, high, emergency.
710 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
711 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
712 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
713 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
714 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
717 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
718 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
719 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
721 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
722 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
723 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
724 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
725 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
726 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
727 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
730 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
732 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
734 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
735 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
736 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
737 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
739 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
740 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
741 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
742 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
743 debian/rules to do this
744 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
745 patches are incorporated upstream
746 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
747 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
748 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
749 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
750 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
751 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
753 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
754 system closes: Bug#91249
755 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
756 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
757 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
758 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
759 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
760 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
761 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
762 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
763 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
764 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
765 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
766 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
767 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
769 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
771 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
773 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
774 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
775 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
776 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
778 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
779 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
780 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
782 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
785 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
787 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
789 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
790 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
791 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
792 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
793 package for the time being
794 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
795 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
796 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
797 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
798 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
799 * Rename all .text files as .txt
800 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
801 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
802 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
803 Build-Depends arch syntax
804 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
806 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
807 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
809 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
810 from policy maintenance duties.
811 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
812 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
814 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
816 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
818 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
820 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
822 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
824 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
825 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
826 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
827 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
828 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
829 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
830 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
831 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
832 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
833 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
834 minor version number for this
835 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
836 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
837 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
838 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
839 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
840 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
841 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
842 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
843 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
845 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
847 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
849 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
850 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
851 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
852 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
853 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
855 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
857 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
858 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
859 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
860 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
861 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
862 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
863 xutils closes: Bug#82966
864 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
865 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
866 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
867 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
868 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
869 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
870 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
871 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
872 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
875 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
877 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
879 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
880 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
882 * Document the Enhances relationship
883 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
884 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
885 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
886 policy. closes: Bug#53496
887 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
888 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
890 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
892 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
893 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
894 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
895 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
897 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
898 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
899 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
900 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
901 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
903 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
905 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
907 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
908 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
909 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
911 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
912 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
913 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
914 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
915 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
916 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
917 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
918 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
919 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
921 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
923 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
925 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
927 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
928 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
929 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
930 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
931 policy. closes: Bug#64437
932 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
933 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
934 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
935 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
936 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
937 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
938 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
939 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
940 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
941 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
942 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
943 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
944 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
945 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
946 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
947 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
948 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
950 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
951 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
953 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
955 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
957 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
958 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
959 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
960 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
961 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
962 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
963 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
964 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
965 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
966 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
967 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
968 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
969 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
970 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
971 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
972 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
973 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
974 alternative closes: Bug#53755
975 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
976 list closes: Bug#53756
977 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
978 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
979 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
980 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
981 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
982 policy closes: Bug#53760
983 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
984 policy closes: Bug#53761
985 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
986 that use X closes: Bug#53762
987 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
988 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
989 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
990 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
991 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
992 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
993 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
994 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
995 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
997 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
998 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
999 to install with older fileutils.
1000 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1001 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1002 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1003 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1005 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1006 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1008 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1010 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1012 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1013 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1015 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1017 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1019 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1020 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1022 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1025 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1027 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1028 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1030 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1032 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1034 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1036 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1037 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1039 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1041 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1043 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1044 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1045 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1046 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1047 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1048 directoried (closes: #41547)
1049 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1050 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1051 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1052 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1053 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1054 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1055 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1056 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1057 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1058 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1059 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1061 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1062 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1063 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1064 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1065 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1066 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1067 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1069 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1070 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1071 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1072 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1074 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1076 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1078 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1079 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1081 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1083 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1085 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1086 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1088 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1090 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1092 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1093 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1095 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1096 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1097 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1098 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1099 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1100 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1101 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1102 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1103 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1104 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1105 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1106 this closes: Bug#38612
1107 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1108 before. closes: Bug#40864
1110 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1112 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1114 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1115 officially uploaded.
1116 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1118 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1119 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1120 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1122 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1123 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1124 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1125 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1126 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1127 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1129 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1130 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1131 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1133 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1135 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1136 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1137 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1138 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1139 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1141 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1143 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1145 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1146 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1147 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1148 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1149 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1150 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1151 there). closes: Bug#34233
1152 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1153 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1154 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1155 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1156 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1158 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1160 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1162 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1163 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1164 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1165 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1168 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1169 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1170 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1171 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1172 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1175 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1176 number. closes: BUG#25911
1178 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1179 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1180 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1181 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1182 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1183 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1185 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1186 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1187 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1190 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1191 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1192 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1194 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1195 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1196 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1197 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1199 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1200 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1201 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1203 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1205 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1206 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1207 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1208 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1209 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1210 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1211 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1212 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1215 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1217 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1218 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1221 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1223 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1225 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1227 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1229 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1231 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1232 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1233 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1234 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1235 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1236 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1237 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1238 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1240 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1241 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1243 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1245 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1247 * non-maintainer release
1248 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1249 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1251 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1252 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1253 * no content changes
1254 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1256 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1258 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1262 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1264 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1266 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1268 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1269 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1270 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1272 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1273 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1275 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1276 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1277 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1278 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1280 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1281 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1282 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1283 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1284 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1285 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1286 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1288 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1289 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1290 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1293 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1294 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1295 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1297 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1298 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1299 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1301 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1302 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1304 * New version numbering scheme:
1306 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1307 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1308 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1311 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1312 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1313 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1314 differ between the manuals.
1316 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1317 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1318 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1319 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1321 * Packaging changes:
1323 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1324 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1326 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1328 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1330 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1332 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1334 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1335 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1336 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1338 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1339 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1342 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1343 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1344 file extension as the referenced file
1346 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1347 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1349 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1350 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1351 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1352 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1355 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1356 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1357 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1359 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1360 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1361 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1362 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1365 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1366 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1369 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1370 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1371 reasonable default configuration
1373 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1374 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1375 by all news servers and clients
1377 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1378 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1379 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1380 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1381 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1383 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1384 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1387 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1389 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1390 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1392 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1395 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1396 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1398 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1399 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1401 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1403 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1405 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1407 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1408 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1409 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1410 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1412 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1414 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1415 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1416 * Don't use debstd anymore
1418 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1420 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1422 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1423 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1424 contrib/non-free policy
1425 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1426 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1427 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1428 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1429 - new section about `Daemons'
1430 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1431 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1432 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1433 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1434 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1435 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1436 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1437 * SGML source code included in package
1438 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1440 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1442 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1444 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1445 - completely reworked structure
1446 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1447 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1448 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1449 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1450 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1451 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1452 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1453 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1454 - mention "orphaned packages"
1455 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1456 distributions' policy
1457 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1458 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1459 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1460 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1461 - added section about arch spec strings
1462 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1463 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1464 - added section about "menus"
1465 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1466 the new documentation policy soon
1467 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1468 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1470 - added section about editors and pagers
1471 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1472 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1473 - added section about device files
1474 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1475 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1476 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1478 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1479 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1480 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1481 - Added new section about obsolete names
1482 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1483 * Fixed package's description
1485 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1487 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1489 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1491 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1493 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1495 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1496 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1497 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1498 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1500 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1502 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1504 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1505 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1506 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1508 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1509 and upload it "byhand" too.
1511 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1513 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1516 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1517 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1518 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1519 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1520 functionality must not have the same name.
1521 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1522 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1523 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1524 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1525 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1526 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1527 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1529 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1530 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1531 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1532 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1533 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1534 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1535 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1536 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1539 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1541 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1543 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1545 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1546 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1547 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1548 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1549 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1552 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1554 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1556 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1558 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1559 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1560 description of deb file format.
1561 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1562 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1564 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1566 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1567 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1569 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1571 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1573 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1574 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1575 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1576 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1577 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1578 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1579 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1580 packages in section on Procedure
1581 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1582 a package maintainer
1583 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1584 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1585 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1587 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1588 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1589 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1590 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1591 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1592 on various shlib files
1593 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1594 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1595 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1597 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1599 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1601 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1602 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1603 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1605 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1606 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1607 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1608 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1609 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1611 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1613 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1615 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1617 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1619 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1620 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1621 compatibility go in contrib.
1623 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1624 instructions in policy manual.
1625 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1628 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1630 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1632 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1633 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1634 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1635 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1637 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1638 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1641 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1643 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1645 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1646 * More detail about changelog format names.
1648 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1649 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1653 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1655 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1657 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1659 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1661 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1663 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1665 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1667 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1668 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1669 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1671 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1673 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1675 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1677 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1679 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1683 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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