1 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
4 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
5 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
6 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
7 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
8 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
9 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
10 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
11 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
12 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
13 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
14 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
15 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
16 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
17 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
18 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
20 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
22 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
23 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
24 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
26 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
27 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
28 list?" (Closes: #412634).
32 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
34 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
35 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
36 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
37 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
38 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
40 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
42 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
43 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
44 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
45 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
46 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
48 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
49 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
50 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
51 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
52 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
53 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
54 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
55 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
56 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
57 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
58 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
59 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
60 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
61 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
62 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
63 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
65 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
67 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
68 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
69 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
70 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
71 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
72 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
73 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
74 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
76 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
78 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
80 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
81 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
82 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
83 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
84 Polo (Closes: #372497).
85 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
86 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
88 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
89 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
90 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
91 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
92 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
93 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
94 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
95 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
96 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
97 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
99 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
100 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
101 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
102 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
103 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
104 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
106 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
108 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
110 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
111 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
112 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
113 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
115 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
116 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
118 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
120 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
122 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
123 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
124 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
125 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
126 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
127 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
128 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
129 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
130 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
131 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
133 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
134 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
135 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
136 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
137 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
138 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
139 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
140 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
141 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
142 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
143 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
146 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
148 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
150 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
151 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
152 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
153 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
154 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
155 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
156 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
157 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
158 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
159 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
160 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
161 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
162 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
163 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
164 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
165 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
166 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
167 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
168 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
169 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
170 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
171 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
172 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
173 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
174 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
175 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
176 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
177 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
179 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
180 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
181 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
182 Hess (Closes: #362247).
183 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
184 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
185 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
186 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
187 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
188 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
189 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
190 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
191 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
192 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
193 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
194 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
196 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
197 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
199 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
200 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
201 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
202 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
203 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
204 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
205 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
206 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
207 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
208 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
209 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
211 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
213 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
216 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
217 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
218 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
219 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
220 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
221 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
222 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
223 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
224 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
225 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
226 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
227 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
228 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
230 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
231 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
232 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
233 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
234 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
235 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
236 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
237 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
238 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
239 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
240 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
241 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
242 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
243 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
244 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
245 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
246 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
247 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
248 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
251 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
253 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
255 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
256 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
257 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
258 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
260 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
261 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
262 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
263 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
265 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
267 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
270 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
271 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
272 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
273 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
274 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
275 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
276 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
277 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
278 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
279 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
281 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
282 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
283 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
285 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
286 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
287 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
288 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
289 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
290 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
291 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
293 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
294 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
295 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
296 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
298 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
299 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
300 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
301 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
302 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
303 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
304 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
305 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
307 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
308 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
309 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
310 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
311 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
312 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
313 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
314 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
315 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
316 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
317 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
318 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
319 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
320 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
321 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
322 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
323 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
325 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
327 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
330 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
331 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
332 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
333 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
334 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
335 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
336 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
337 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
338 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
340 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
341 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
342 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
343 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
344 this section. closes: Bug#248618
345 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
346 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
347 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
348 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
349 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
350 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
351 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
352 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
353 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
354 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
355 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
356 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
358 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
359 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
360 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
363 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
364 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
365 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
367 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
368 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
369 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
370 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
371 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
372 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
374 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
375 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
377 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
378 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
379 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
380 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
381 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
382 Closes: #185943, #237049
384 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
386 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
389 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
392 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
393 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
394 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
395 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
396 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
397 running. closes: Bug#187250
398 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
399 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
400 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
401 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
402 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
403 user closes: Bug#176506
405 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
407 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
410 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
411 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
412 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
413 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
414 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
415 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
416 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
417 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
418 deb-building toolchain.
419 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
420 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
421 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
422 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
423 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
424 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
425 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
426 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
427 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
428 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
429 sections about changelog files.
431 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
432 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
433 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
434 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
435 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
436 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
438 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
439 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
440 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
441 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
442 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
443 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
444 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
445 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
446 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
447 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
448 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
449 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
450 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
451 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
452 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
453 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
454 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
455 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
456 for the restructuring
458 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
460 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
463 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
465 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
466 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
467 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
468 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
469 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
470 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
472 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
473 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
474 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
475 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
476 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
477 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
478 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
480 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
481 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
482 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
483 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
485 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
487 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
490 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
491 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
492 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
493 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
494 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
495 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
497 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
498 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
499 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
500 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
502 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
503 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
504 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
505 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
506 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
507 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
508 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
509 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
510 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
512 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
513 script should start it, closes: #60979
514 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
515 "should", closes: #170019
516 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
517 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
518 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
519 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
520 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
521 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
522 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
523 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
526 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
528 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
531 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
532 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
533 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
534 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
535 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
536 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
537 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
538 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
539 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
541 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
542 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
543 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
544 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
545 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
546 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
547 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
548 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
549 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
551 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
552 file, closes: Bug#65764
554 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
556 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
558 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
559 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
560 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
561 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
562 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
563 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
564 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
565 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
566 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
567 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
568 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
569 details. closes: Bug#133030
570 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
571 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
574 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
576 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
578 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
579 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
580 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
581 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
582 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
583 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
584 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
585 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
586 not. closes: Bug#139820
587 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
588 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
589 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
590 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
591 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
592 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
593 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
594 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
595 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
596 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
598 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
600 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
601 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
602 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
603 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
604 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
605 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
606 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
607 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
608 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
609 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
610 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
611 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
612 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
613 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
614 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
615 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
616 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
617 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
618 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
619 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
621 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
622 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
623 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
624 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
625 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
626 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
627 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
629 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
630 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
631 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
632 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
633 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
634 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
635 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
636 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
637 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
639 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
641 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
643 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
644 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
645 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
646 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
647 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
648 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
649 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
650 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
651 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
652 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
653 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
654 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
655 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
656 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
657 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
658 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
659 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
660 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
661 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
662 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
663 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
664 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
665 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
667 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
669 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
671 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
672 medium, high, emergency.
673 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
674 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
675 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
676 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
677 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
680 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
681 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
682 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
684 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
685 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
686 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
687 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
688 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
689 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
690 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
693 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
695 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
697 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
698 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
699 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
700 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
702 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
703 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
704 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
705 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
706 debian/rules to do this
707 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
708 patches are incorporated upstream
709 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
710 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
711 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
712 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
713 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
714 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
716 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
717 system closes: Bug#91249
718 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
719 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
720 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
721 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
722 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
723 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
724 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
725 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
726 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
727 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
728 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
729 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
730 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
732 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
734 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
736 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
737 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
738 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
739 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
741 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
742 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
743 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
745 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
748 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
750 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
752 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
753 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
754 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
755 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
756 package for the time being
757 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
758 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
759 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
760 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
761 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
762 * Rename all .text files as .txt
763 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
764 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
765 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
766 Build-Depends arch syntax
767 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
769 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
770 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
772 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
773 from policy maintenance duties.
774 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
775 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
777 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
779 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
781 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
783 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
785 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
787 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
788 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
789 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
790 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
791 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
792 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
793 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
794 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
795 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
796 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
797 minor version number for this
798 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
799 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
800 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
801 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
802 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
803 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
804 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
805 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
806 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
808 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
810 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
812 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
813 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
814 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
815 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
816 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
818 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
820 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
821 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
822 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
823 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
824 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
825 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
826 xutils closes: Bug#82966
827 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
828 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
829 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
830 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
831 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
832 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
833 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
834 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
835 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
838 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
840 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
842 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
843 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
845 * Document the Enhances relationship
846 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
847 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
848 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
849 policy. closes: Bug#53496
850 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
851 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
853 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
855 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
856 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
857 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
858 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
860 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
861 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
862 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
863 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
864 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
866 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
868 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
870 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
871 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
872 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
874 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
875 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
876 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
877 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
878 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
879 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
880 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
881 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
882 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
884 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
886 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
888 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
890 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
891 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
892 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
893 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
894 policy. closes: Bug#64437
895 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
896 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
897 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
898 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
899 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
900 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
901 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
902 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
903 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
904 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
905 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
906 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
907 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
908 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
909 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
910 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
911 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
913 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
914 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
916 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
918 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
920 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
921 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
922 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
923 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
924 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
925 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
926 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
927 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
928 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
929 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
930 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
931 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
932 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
933 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
934 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
935 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
936 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
937 alternative closes: Bug#53755
938 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
939 list closes: Bug#53756
940 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
941 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
942 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
943 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
944 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
945 policy closes: Bug#53760
946 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
947 policy closes: Bug#53761
948 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
949 that use X closes: Bug#53762
950 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
951 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
952 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
953 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
954 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
955 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
956 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
957 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
958 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
960 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
961 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
962 to install with older fileutils.
963 * Installed FHS version 2.1
964 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
965 * Added FHS details to copyright file
966 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
968 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
969 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
971 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
973 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
975 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
976 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
978 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
980 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
982 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
983 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
985 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
988 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
990 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
991 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
993 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
995 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
997 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
999 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1000 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1002 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1004 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1006 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1007 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1008 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1009 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1010 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1011 directoried (closes: #41547)
1012 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1013 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1014 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1015 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1016 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1017 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1018 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1019 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1020 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1021 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1022 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1024 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1025 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1026 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1027 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1028 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1029 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1030 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1032 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1033 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1034 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1035 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1037 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1039 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1041 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1042 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1044 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1046 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1048 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1049 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1051 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1053 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1055 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1056 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1058 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1059 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1060 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1061 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1062 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1063 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1064 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1065 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1066 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1067 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1068 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1069 this closes: Bug#38612
1070 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1071 before. closes: Bug#40864
1073 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1075 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1077 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1078 officially uploaded.
1079 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1081 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1082 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1083 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1085 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1086 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1087 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1088 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1089 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1090 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1092 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1093 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1094 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1096 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1098 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1099 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1100 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1101 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1102 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1104 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1106 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1108 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1109 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1110 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1111 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1112 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1113 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1114 there). closes: Bug#34233
1115 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1116 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1117 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1118 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1119 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1121 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1123 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1125 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1126 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1127 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1128 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1131 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1132 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1133 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1134 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1135 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1138 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1139 number. closes: BUG#25911
1141 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1142 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1143 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1144 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1145 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1146 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1148 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1149 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1150 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1153 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1154 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1155 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1157 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1158 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1159 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1160 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1162 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1163 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1164 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1166 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1168 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1169 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1170 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1171 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1172 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1173 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1174 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1175 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1178 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1180 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1181 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1184 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1186 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1188 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1190 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1192 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1194 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1195 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1196 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1197 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1198 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1199 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1200 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1201 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1203 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1204 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1206 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1208 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1210 * non-maintainer release
1211 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1212 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1214 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1215 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1216 * no content changes
1217 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1219 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1221 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1225 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1227 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1229 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1231 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1232 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1233 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1235 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1236 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1238 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1239 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1240 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1241 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1243 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1244 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1245 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1246 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1247 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1248 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1249 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1251 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1252 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1253 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1256 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1257 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1258 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1260 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1261 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1262 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1264 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1265 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1267 * New version numbering scheme:
1269 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1270 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1271 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1274 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1275 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1276 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1277 differ between the manuals.
1279 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1280 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1281 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1282 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1284 * Packaging changes:
1286 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1287 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1289 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1291 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1293 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1295 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1297 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1298 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1299 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1301 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1302 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1305 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1306 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1307 file extension as the referenced file
1309 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1310 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1312 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1313 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1314 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1315 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1318 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1319 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1320 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1322 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1323 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1324 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1325 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1328 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1329 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1332 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1333 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1334 reasonable default configuration
1336 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1337 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1338 by all news servers and clients
1340 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1341 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1342 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1343 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1344 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1346 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1347 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1350 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1352 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1353 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1355 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1358 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1359 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1361 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1362 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1364 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1366 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1368 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1370 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1371 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1372 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1373 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1375 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1377 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1378 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1379 * Don't use debstd anymore
1381 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1383 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1385 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1386 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1387 contrib/non-free policy
1388 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1389 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1390 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1391 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1392 - new section about `Daemons'
1393 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1394 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1395 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1396 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1397 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1398 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1399 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1400 * SGML source code included in package
1401 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1403 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1405 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1407 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1408 - completely reworked structure
1409 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1410 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1411 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1412 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1413 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1414 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1415 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1416 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1417 - mention "orphaned packages"
1418 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1419 distributions' policy
1420 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1421 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1422 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1423 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1424 - added section about arch spec strings
1425 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1426 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1427 - added section about "menus"
1428 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1429 the new documentation policy soon
1430 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1431 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1433 - added section about editors and pagers
1434 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1435 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1436 - added section about device files
1437 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1438 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1439 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1441 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1442 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1443 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1444 - Added new section about obsolete names
1445 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1446 * Fixed package's description
1448 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1450 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1452 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1454 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1456 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1458 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1459 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1460 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1461 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1463 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1465 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1467 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1468 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1469 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1471 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1472 and upload it "byhand" too.
1474 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1476 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1479 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1480 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1481 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1482 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1483 functionality must not have the same name.
1484 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1485 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1486 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1487 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1488 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1489 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1490 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1492 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1493 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1494 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1495 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1496 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1497 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1498 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1499 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1502 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1504 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1506 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1508 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1509 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1510 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1511 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1512 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1515 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1517 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1519 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1521 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1522 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1523 description of deb file format.
1524 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1525 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1527 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1529 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1530 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1532 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1534 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1536 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1537 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1538 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1539 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1540 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1541 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1542 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1543 packages in section on Procedure
1544 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1545 a package maintainer
1546 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1547 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1548 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1550 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1551 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1552 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1553 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1554 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1555 on various shlib files
1556 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1557 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1558 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1560 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1562 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1564 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1565 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1566 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1568 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1569 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1570 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1571 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1572 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1574 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1576 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1578 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1580 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1582 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1583 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1584 compatibility go in contrib.
1586 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1587 instructions in policy manual.
1588 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1591 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1593 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1595 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1596 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1597 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1598 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1600 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1601 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1604 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1606 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1608 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1609 * More detail about changelog format names.
1611 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1612 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1616 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1618 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1620 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1622 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1624 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1626 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1628 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1630 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1631 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1632 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1634 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1636 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1638 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1640 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1642 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1646 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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