1 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
5 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
9 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
12 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
13 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
14 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
15 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
16 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
17 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
18 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
19 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
20 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
22 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
23 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
24 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
25 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
26 this section. closes: Bug#248618
27 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
28 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
29 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
30 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
31 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
32 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
33 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
34 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
35 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
36 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
37 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
38 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
40 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
41 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
42 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
45 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
46 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
47 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
49 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
50 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
51 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
52 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
53 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
54 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
56 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
57 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
59 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
60 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
61 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
62 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
63 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
64 Closes: #185943, #237049
66 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
68 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
71 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
74 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
75 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
76 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
77 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
78 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
79 running. closes: Bug#187250
80 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
81 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
82 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
83 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
84 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
85 user closes: Bug#176506
87 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
89 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
92 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
93 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
94 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
95 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
96 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
97 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
98 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
99 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
100 deb-building toolchain.
101 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
102 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
103 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
104 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
105 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
106 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
107 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
108 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
109 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
110 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
111 sections about changelog files.
113 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
114 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
115 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
116 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
117 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
118 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
120 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
121 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
122 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
123 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
124 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
125 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
126 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
127 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
128 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
129 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
130 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
131 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
132 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
133 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
134 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
135 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
136 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
137 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
138 for the restructuring
140 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
142 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
145 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
147 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
148 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
149 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
150 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
151 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
152 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
154 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
155 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
156 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
157 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
158 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
159 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
160 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
162 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
163 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
164 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
165 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
167 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
169 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
172 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
173 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
174 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
175 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
176 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
177 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
179 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
180 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
181 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
182 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
184 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
185 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
186 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
187 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
188 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
189 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
190 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
191 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
192 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
194 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
195 script should start it, closes: #60979
196 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
197 "should", closes: #170019
198 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
199 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
200 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
201 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
202 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
203 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
204 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
205 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
208 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
210 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
213 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
214 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
215 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
216 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
217 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
218 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
219 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
220 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
221 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
223 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
224 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
225 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
226 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
227 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
228 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
229 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
230 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
231 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
233 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
234 file, closes: Bug#65764
236 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
238 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
240 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
241 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
242 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
243 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
244 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
245 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
246 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
247 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
248 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
249 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
250 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
251 details. closes: Bug#133030
252 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
253 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
256 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
258 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
260 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
261 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
262 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
263 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
264 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
265 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
266 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
267 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
268 not. closes: Bug#139820
269 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
270 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
271 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
272 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
273 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
274 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
275 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
276 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
277 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
278 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
280 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
282 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
283 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
284 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
285 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
286 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
287 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
288 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
289 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
290 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
291 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
292 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
293 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
294 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
295 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
296 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
297 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
298 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
299 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
300 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
301 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
303 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
304 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
305 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
306 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
307 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
308 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
309 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
311 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
312 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
313 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
314 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
315 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
316 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
317 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
318 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
319 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
321 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
323 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
325 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
326 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
327 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
328 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
329 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
330 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
331 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
332 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
333 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
334 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
335 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
336 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
337 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
338 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
339 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
340 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
341 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
342 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
343 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
344 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
345 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
346 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
347 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
349 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
351 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
353 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
354 medium, high, emergency.
355 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
356 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
357 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
358 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
359 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
362 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
363 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
364 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
366 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
367 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
368 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
369 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
370 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
371 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
372 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
375 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
377 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
379 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
380 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
381 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
382 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
384 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
385 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
386 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
387 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
388 debian/rules to do this
389 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
390 patches are incorporated upstream
391 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
392 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
393 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
394 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
395 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
396 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
398 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
399 system closes: Bug#91249
400 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
401 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
402 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
403 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
404 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
405 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
406 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
407 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
408 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
409 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
410 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
411 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
412 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
414 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
416 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
418 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
419 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
420 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
421 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
423 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
424 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
425 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
427 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
430 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
432 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
434 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
435 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
436 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
437 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
438 package for the time being
439 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
440 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
441 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
442 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
443 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
444 * Rename all .text files as .txt
445 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
446 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
447 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
448 Build-Depends arch syntax
449 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
451 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
452 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
454 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
455 from policy maintenance duties.
456 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
457 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
459 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
461 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
463 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
465 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
467 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
469 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
470 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
471 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
472 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
473 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
474 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
475 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
476 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
477 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
478 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
479 minor version number for this
480 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
481 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
482 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
483 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
484 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
485 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
486 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
487 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
488 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
490 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
492 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
494 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
495 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
496 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
497 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
498 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
500 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
502 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
503 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
504 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
505 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
506 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
507 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
508 xutils closes: Bug#82966
509 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
510 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
511 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
512 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
513 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
514 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
515 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
516 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
517 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
520 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
522 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
524 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
525 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
527 * Document the Enhances relationship
528 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
529 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
530 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
531 policy. closes: Bug#53496
532 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
533 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
535 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
537 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
538 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
539 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
540 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
542 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
543 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
544 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
545 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
546 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
548 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
550 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
552 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
553 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
554 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
556 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
557 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
558 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
559 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
560 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
561 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
562 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
563 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
564 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
566 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
568 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
570 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
572 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
573 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
574 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
575 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
576 policy. closes: Bug#64437
577 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
578 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
579 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
580 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
581 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
582 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
583 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
584 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
585 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
586 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
587 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
588 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
589 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
590 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
591 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
592 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
593 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
595 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
596 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
598 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
600 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
602 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
603 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
604 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
605 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
606 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
607 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
608 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
609 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
610 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
611 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
612 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
613 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
614 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
615 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
616 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
617 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
618 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
619 alternative closes: Bug#53755
620 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
621 list closes: Bug#53756
622 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
623 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
624 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
625 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
626 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
627 policy closes: Bug#53760
628 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
629 policy closes: Bug#53761
630 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
631 that use X closes: Bug#53762
632 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
633 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
634 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
635 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
636 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
637 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
638 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
639 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
640 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
642 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
643 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
644 to install with older fileutils.
645 * Installed FHS version 2.1
646 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
647 * Added FHS details to copyright file
648 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
650 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
651 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
653 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
655 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
657 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
658 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
660 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
662 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
664 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
665 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
667 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
670 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
672 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
673 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
675 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
677 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
679 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
681 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
682 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
684 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
686 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
688 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
689 #45561, #42447, #48570)
690 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
691 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
692 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
693 directoried (closes: #41547)
694 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
695 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
696 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
697 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
698 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
699 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
700 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
701 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
702 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
703 package criteria (closes: #45318)
704 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
706 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
707 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
708 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
709 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
710 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
711 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
712 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
714 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
715 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
716 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
717 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
719 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
721 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
723 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
724 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
726 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
728 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
730 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
731 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
733 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
735 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
737 * A few typos and omissions corrected
738 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
740 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
741 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
742 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
743 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
744 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
745 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
746 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
747 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
748 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
749 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
750 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
751 this closes: Bug#38612
752 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
753 before. closes: Bug#40864
755 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
757 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
759 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
761 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
763 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
764 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
765 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
767 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
768 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
769 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
770 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
771 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
772 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
774 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
775 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
776 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
778 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
780 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
781 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
782 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
783 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
784 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
786 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
788 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
790 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
791 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
792 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
793 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
794 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
795 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
796 there). closes: Bug#34233
797 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
798 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
799 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
800 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
801 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
803 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
805 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
807 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
808 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
809 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
810 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
813 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
814 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
815 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
816 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
817 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
820 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
821 number. closes: BUG#25911
823 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
824 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
825 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
826 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
827 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
828 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
830 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
831 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
832 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
835 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
836 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
837 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
839 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
840 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
841 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
842 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
844 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
845 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
846 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
848 * Make the package optional, not extra.
850 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
851 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
852 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
853 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
854 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
855 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
856 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
857 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
860 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
862 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
863 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
866 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
868 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
870 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
872 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
874 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
876 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
877 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
878 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
879 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
880 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
881 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
882 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
883 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
885 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
886 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
888 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
890 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
892 * non-maintainer release
893 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
894 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
896 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
897 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
899 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
901 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
903 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
907 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
909 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
911 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
913 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
914 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
915 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
917 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
918 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
920 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
921 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
922 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
923 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
925 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
926 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
927 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
928 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
929 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
930 and restart options and to comply with the console message
931 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
933 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
934 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
935 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
938 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
939 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
940 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
942 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
943 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
944 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
946 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
947 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
949 * New version numbering scheme:
951 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
952 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
953 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
956 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
957 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
958 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
959 differ between the manuals.
961 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
962 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
963 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
964 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
968 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
969 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
971 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
973 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
975 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
977 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
979 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
980 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
981 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
983 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
984 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
987 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
988 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
989 file extension as the referenced file
991 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
992 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
994 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
995 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
996 start, stop, restart, force-reload
997 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1000 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1001 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1002 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1004 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1005 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1006 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1007 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1010 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1011 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1014 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1015 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1016 reasonable default configuration
1018 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1019 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1020 by all news servers and clients
1022 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1023 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1024 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1025 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1026 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1028 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1029 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1032 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1034 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1035 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1037 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1040 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1041 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1043 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1044 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1046 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1048 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1050 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1052 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1053 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1054 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1055 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1057 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1059 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1060 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1061 * Don't use debstd anymore
1063 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1065 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1067 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1068 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1069 contrib/non-free policy
1070 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1071 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1072 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1073 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1074 - new section about `Daemons'
1075 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1076 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1077 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1078 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1079 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1080 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1081 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1082 * SGML source code included in package
1083 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1085 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1087 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1089 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1090 - completely reworked structure
1091 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1092 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1093 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1094 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1095 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1096 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1097 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1098 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1099 - mention "orphaned packages"
1100 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1101 distributions' policy
1102 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1103 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1104 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1105 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1106 - added section about arch spec strings
1107 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1108 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1109 - added section about "menus"
1110 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1111 the new documentation policy soon
1112 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1113 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1115 - added section about editors and pagers
1116 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1117 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1118 - added section about device files
1119 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1120 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1121 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1123 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1124 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1125 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1126 - Added new section about obsolete names
1127 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1128 * Fixed package's description
1130 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1132 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1134 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1136 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1138 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1140 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1141 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1142 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1143 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1145 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1147 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1149 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1150 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1151 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1153 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1154 and upload it "byhand" too.
1156 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1158 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1161 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1162 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1163 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1164 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1165 functionality must not have the same name.
1166 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1167 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1168 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1169 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1170 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1171 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1172 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1174 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1175 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1176 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1177 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1178 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1179 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1180 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1181 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1184 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1186 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1188 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1190 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1191 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1192 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1193 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1194 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1197 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1199 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1201 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1203 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1204 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1205 description of deb file format.
1206 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1207 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1209 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1211 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1212 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1214 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1216 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1218 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1219 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1220 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1221 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1222 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1223 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1224 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1225 packages in section on Procedure
1226 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1227 a package maintainer
1228 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1229 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1230 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1232 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1233 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1234 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1235 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1236 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1237 on various shlib files
1238 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1239 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1240 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1242 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1244 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1246 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1247 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1248 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1250 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1251 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1252 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1253 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1254 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1256 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1258 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1260 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1262 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1264 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1265 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1266 compatibility go in contrib.
1268 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1269 instructions in policy manual.
1270 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1273 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1275 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1277 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1278 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1279 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1280 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1282 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1283 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1286 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1288 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1290 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1291 * More detail about changelog format names.
1293 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1294 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1298 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1300 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1302 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1304 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1306 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1308 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1310 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1312 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1313 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1314 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1316 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1318 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1320 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1322 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1324 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1328 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100