1 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
4 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
5 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
6 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
7 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962)
11 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
13 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
14 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
15 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
16 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
17 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
19 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
21 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
22 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
23 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
24 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
25 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
27 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
28 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
29 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
30 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
31 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
32 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
33 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
34 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
35 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
36 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
37 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
38 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
39 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
40 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
41 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
42 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
44 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
46 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
47 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
48 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
49 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
50 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
51 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
52 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
53 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
55 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
57 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
59 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
60 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
61 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
62 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
63 Polo (Closes: #372497).
64 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
65 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
67 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
68 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
69 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
70 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
71 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
72 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
73 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
74 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
75 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
76 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
78 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
79 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
80 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
81 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
82 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
83 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
85 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
87 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
89 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
90 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
91 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
92 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
94 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
95 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
97 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
99 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
101 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
102 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
103 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
104 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
105 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
106 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
107 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
108 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
109 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
110 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
112 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
113 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
114 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
115 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
116 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
117 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
118 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
119 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
120 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
121 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
122 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
125 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
127 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
129 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
130 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
131 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
132 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
133 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
134 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
135 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
136 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
137 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
138 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
139 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
140 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
141 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
142 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
143 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
144 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
145 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
146 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
147 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
148 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
149 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
150 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
151 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
152 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
153 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
154 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
155 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
156 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
158 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
159 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
160 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
161 Hess (Closes: #362247).
162 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
163 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
164 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
165 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
166 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
167 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
168 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
169 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
170 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
171 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
172 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
173 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
175 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
176 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
178 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
179 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
180 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
181 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
182 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
183 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
184 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
185 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
186 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
187 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
188 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
190 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
192 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
195 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
196 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
197 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
198 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
199 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
200 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
201 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
202 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
203 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
204 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
205 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
206 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
207 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
209 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
210 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
211 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
212 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
213 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
214 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
215 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
216 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
217 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
218 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
219 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
220 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
221 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
222 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
223 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
224 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
225 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
226 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
227 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
230 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
232 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
234 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
235 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
236 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
237 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
239 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
240 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
241 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
242 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
244 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
246 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
249 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
250 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
251 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
252 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
253 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
254 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
255 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
256 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
257 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
258 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
260 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
261 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
262 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
264 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
265 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
266 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
267 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
268 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
269 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
270 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
272 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
273 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
274 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
275 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
277 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
278 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
279 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
280 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
281 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
282 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
283 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
284 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
286 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
287 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
288 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
289 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
290 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
291 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
292 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
293 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
294 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
295 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
296 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
297 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
298 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
299 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
300 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
301 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
302 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
304 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
306 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
309 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
310 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
311 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
312 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
313 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
314 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
315 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
316 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
317 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
319 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
320 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
321 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
322 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
323 this section. closes: Bug#248618
324 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
325 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
326 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
327 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
328 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
329 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
330 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
331 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
332 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
333 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
334 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
335 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
337 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
338 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
339 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
342 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
343 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
344 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
346 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
347 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
348 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
349 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
350 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
351 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
353 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
354 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
356 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
357 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
358 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
359 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
360 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
361 Closes: #185943, #237049
363 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
365 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
368 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
371 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
372 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
373 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
374 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
375 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
376 running. closes: Bug#187250
377 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
378 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
379 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
380 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
381 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
382 user closes: Bug#176506
384 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
386 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
389 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
390 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
391 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
392 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
393 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
394 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
395 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
396 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
397 deb-building toolchain.
398 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
399 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
400 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
401 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
402 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
403 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
404 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
405 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
406 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
407 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
408 sections about changelog files.
410 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
411 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
412 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
413 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
414 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
415 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
417 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
418 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
419 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
420 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
421 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
422 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
423 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
424 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
425 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
426 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
427 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
428 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
429 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
430 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
431 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
432 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
433 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
434 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
435 for the restructuring
437 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
439 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
442 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
444 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
445 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
446 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
447 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
448 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
449 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
451 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
452 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
453 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
454 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
455 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
456 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
457 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
459 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
460 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
461 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
462 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
464 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
466 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
469 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
470 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
471 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
472 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
473 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
474 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
476 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
477 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
478 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
479 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
481 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
482 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
483 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
484 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
485 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
486 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
487 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
488 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
489 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
491 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
492 script should start it, closes: #60979
493 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
494 "should", closes: #170019
495 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
496 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
497 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
498 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
499 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
500 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
501 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
502 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
505 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
507 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
510 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
511 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
512 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
513 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
514 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
515 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
516 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
517 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
518 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
520 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
521 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
522 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
523 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
524 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
525 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
526 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
527 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
528 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
530 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
531 file, closes: Bug#65764
533 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
535 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
537 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
538 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
539 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
540 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
541 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
542 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
543 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
544 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
545 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
546 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
547 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
548 details. closes: Bug#133030
549 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
550 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
553 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
555 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
557 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
558 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
559 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
560 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
561 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
562 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
563 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
564 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
565 not. closes: Bug#139820
566 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
567 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
568 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
569 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
570 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
571 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
572 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
573 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
574 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
575 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
577 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
579 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
580 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
581 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
582 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
583 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
584 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
585 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
586 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
587 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
588 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
589 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
590 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
591 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
592 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
593 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
594 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
595 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
596 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
597 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
598 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
600 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
601 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
602 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
603 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
604 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
605 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
606 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
608 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
609 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
610 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
611 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
612 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
613 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
614 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
615 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
616 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
618 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
620 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
622 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
623 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
624 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
625 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
626 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
627 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
628 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
629 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
630 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
631 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
632 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
633 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
634 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
635 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
636 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
637 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
638 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
639 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
640 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
641 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
642 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
643 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
644 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
646 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
648 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
650 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
651 medium, high, emergency.
652 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
653 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
654 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
655 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
656 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
659 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
660 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
661 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
663 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
664 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
665 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
666 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
667 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
668 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
669 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
672 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
674 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
676 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
677 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
678 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
679 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
681 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
682 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
683 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
684 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
685 debian/rules to do this
686 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
687 patches are incorporated upstream
688 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
689 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
690 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
691 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
692 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
693 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
695 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
696 system closes: Bug#91249
697 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
698 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
699 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
700 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
701 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
702 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
703 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
704 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
705 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
706 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
707 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
708 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
709 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
711 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
713 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
715 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
716 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
717 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
718 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
720 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
721 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
722 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
724 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
727 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
729 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
731 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
732 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
733 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
734 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
735 package for the time being
736 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
737 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
738 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
739 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
740 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
741 * Rename all .text files as .txt
742 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
743 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
744 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
745 Build-Depends arch syntax
746 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
748 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
749 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
751 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
752 from policy maintenance duties.
753 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
754 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
756 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
758 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
760 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
762 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
764 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
766 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
767 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
768 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
769 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
770 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
771 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
772 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
773 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
774 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
775 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
776 minor version number for this
777 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
778 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
779 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
780 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
781 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
782 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
783 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
784 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
785 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
787 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
789 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
791 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
792 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
793 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
794 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
795 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
797 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
799 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
800 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
801 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
802 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
803 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
804 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
805 xutils closes: Bug#82966
806 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
807 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
808 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
809 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
810 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
811 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
812 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
813 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
814 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
817 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
819 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
821 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
822 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
824 * Document the Enhances relationship
825 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
826 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
827 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
828 policy. closes: Bug#53496
829 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
830 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
832 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
834 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
835 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
836 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
837 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
839 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
840 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
841 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
842 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
843 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
845 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
847 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
849 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
850 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
851 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
853 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
854 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
855 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
856 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
857 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
858 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
859 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
860 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
861 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
863 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
865 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
867 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
869 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
870 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
871 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
872 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
873 policy. closes: Bug#64437
874 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
875 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
876 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
877 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
878 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
879 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
880 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
881 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
882 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
883 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
884 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
885 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
886 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
887 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
888 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
889 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
890 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
892 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
893 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
895 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
897 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
899 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
900 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
901 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
902 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
903 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
904 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
905 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
906 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
907 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
908 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
909 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
910 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
911 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
912 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
913 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
914 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
915 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
916 alternative closes: Bug#53755
917 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
918 list closes: Bug#53756
919 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
920 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
921 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
922 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
923 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
924 policy closes: Bug#53760
925 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
926 policy closes: Bug#53761
927 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
928 that use X closes: Bug#53762
929 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
930 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
931 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
932 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
933 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
934 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
935 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
936 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
937 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
939 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
940 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
941 to install with older fileutils.
942 * Installed FHS version 2.1
943 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
944 * Added FHS details to copyright file
945 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
947 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
948 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
950 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
952 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
954 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
955 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
957 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
959 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
961 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
962 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
964 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
967 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
969 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
970 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
972 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
974 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
976 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
978 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
979 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
981 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
983 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
985 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
986 #45561, #42447, #48570)
987 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
988 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
989 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
990 directoried (closes: #41547)
991 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
992 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
993 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
994 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
995 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
996 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
997 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
998 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
999 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1000 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1001 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1003 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1004 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1005 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1006 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1007 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1008 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1009 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1011 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1012 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1013 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1014 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1016 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1018 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1020 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1021 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1023 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1025 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1027 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1028 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1030 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1032 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1034 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1035 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1037 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1038 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1039 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1040 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1041 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1042 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1043 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1044 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1045 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1046 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1047 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1048 this closes: Bug#38612
1049 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1050 before. closes: Bug#40864
1052 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1054 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1056 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1057 officially uploaded.
1058 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1060 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1061 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1062 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1064 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1065 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1066 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1067 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1068 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1069 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1071 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1072 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1073 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1075 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1077 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1078 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1079 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1080 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1081 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1083 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1085 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1087 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1088 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1089 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1090 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1091 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1092 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1093 there). closes: Bug#34233
1094 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1095 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1096 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1097 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1098 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1100 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1102 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1104 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1105 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1106 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1107 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1110 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1111 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1112 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1113 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1114 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1117 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1118 number. closes: BUG#25911
1120 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1121 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1122 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1123 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1124 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1125 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1127 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1128 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1129 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1132 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1133 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1134 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1136 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1137 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1138 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1139 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1141 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1142 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1143 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1145 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1147 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1148 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1149 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1150 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1151 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1152 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1153 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1154 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1157 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1159 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1160 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1163 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1165 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1167 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1169 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1171 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1173 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1174 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1175 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1176 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1177 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1178 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1179 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1180 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1182 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1183 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1185 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1187 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1189 * non-maintainer release
1190 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1191 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1193 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1194 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1195 * no content changes
1196 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1198 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1200 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1204 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1206 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1208 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1210 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1211 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1212 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1214 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1215 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1217 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1218 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1219 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1220 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1222 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1223 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1224 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1225 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1226 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1227 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1228 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1230 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1231 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1232 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1235 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1236 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1237 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1239 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1240 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1241 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1243 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1244 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1246 * New version numbering scheme:
1248 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1249 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1250 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1253 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1254 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1255 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1256 differ between the manuals.
1258 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1259 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1260 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1261 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1263 * Packaging changes:
1265 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1266 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1268 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1270 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1272 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1274 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1276 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1277 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1278 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1280 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1281 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1284 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1285 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1286 file extension as the referenced file
1288 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1289 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1291 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1292 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1293 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1294 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1297 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1298 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1299 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1301 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1302 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1303 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1304 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1307 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1308 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1311 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1312 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1313 reasonable default configuration
1315 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1316 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1317 by all news servers and clients
1319 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1320 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1321 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1322 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1323 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1325 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1326 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1329 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1331 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1332 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1334 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1337 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1338 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1340 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1341 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1343 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1345 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1347 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1349 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1350 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1351 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1352 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1354 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1356 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1357 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1358 * Don't use debstd anymore
1360 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1362 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1364 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1365 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1366 contrib/non-free policy
1367 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1368 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1369 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1370 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1371 - new section about `Daemons'
1372 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1373 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1374 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1375 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1376 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1377 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1378 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1379 * SGML source code included in package
1380 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1382 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1384 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1386 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1387 - completely reworked structure
1388 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1389 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1390 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1391 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1392 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1393 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1394 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1395 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1396 - mention "orphaned packages"
1397 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1398 distributions' policy
1399 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1400 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1401 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1402 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1403 - added section about arch spec strings
1404 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1405 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1406 - added section about "menus"
1407 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1408 the new documentation policy soon
1409 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1410 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1412 - added section about editors and pagers
1413 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1414 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1415 - added section about device files
1416 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1417 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1418 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1420 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1421 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1422 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1423 - Added new section about obsolete names
1424 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1425 * Fixed package's description
1427 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1429 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1431 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1433 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1435 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1437 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1438 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1439 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1440 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1442 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1444 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1446 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1447 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1448 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1450 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1451 and upload it "byhand" too.
1453 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1455 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1458 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1459 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1460 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1461 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1462 functionality must not have the same name.
1463 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1464 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1465 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1466 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1467 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1468 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1469 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1471 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1472 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1473 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1474 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1475 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1476 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1477 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1478 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1481 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1483 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1485 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1487 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1488 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1489 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1490 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1491 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1494 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1496 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1498 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1500 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1501 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1502 description of deb file format.
1503 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1504 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1506 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1508 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1509 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1511 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1513 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1515 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1516 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1517 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1518 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1519 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1520 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1521 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1522 packages in section on Procedure
1523 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1524 a package maintainer
1525 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1526 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1527 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1529 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1530 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1531 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1532 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1533 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1534 on various shlib files
1535 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1536 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1537 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1539 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1541 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1543 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1544 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1545 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1547 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1548 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1549 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1550 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1551 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1553 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1555 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1557 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1559 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1561 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1562 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1563 compatibility go in contrib.
1565 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1566 instructions in policy manual.
1567 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1570 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1572 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1574 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1575 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1576 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1577 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1579 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1580 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1583 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1585 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1587 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1588 * More detail about changelog format names.
1590 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1591 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1595 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1597 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1599 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1601 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1603 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1605 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1607 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1609 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1610 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1611 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1613 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1615 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1617 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1619 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1621 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1625 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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