1 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
5 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
9 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
12 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
15 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
16 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
17 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
18 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
19 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
20 running. closes: Bug#187250
21 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
22 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
23 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
24 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
25 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
26 user closes: Bug#176506
28 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
30 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
33 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
34 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
35 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
36 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
37 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
38 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
39 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
40 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
41 deb-building toolchain.
42 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
43 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
44 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
45 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
46 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
47 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
48 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
49 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
50 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
51 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
52 sections about changelog files.
54 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
55 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
56 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
57 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
58 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
59 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
61 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
62 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
63 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
64 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
65 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
66 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
67 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
68 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
69 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
70 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
71 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
72 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
73 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
74 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
75 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
76 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
77 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
78 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
81 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
83 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
86 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
88 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
89 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
90 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
91 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
92 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
93 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
95 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
96 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
97 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
98 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
99 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
100 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
101 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
103 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
104 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
105 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
106 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
108 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
110 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
113 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
114 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
115 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
116 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
117 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
118 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
120 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
121 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
122 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
123 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
125 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
126 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
127 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
128 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
129 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
130 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
131 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
132 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
133 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
135 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
136 script should start it, closes: #60979
137 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
138 "should", closes: #170019
139 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
140 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
141 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
142 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
143 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
144 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
145 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
146 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
149 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
151 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
154 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
155 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
156 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
157 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
158 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
159 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
160 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
161 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
162 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
164 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
165 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
166 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
167 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
168 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
169 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
170 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
171 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
172 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
174 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
175 file, closes: Bug#65764
177 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
179 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
181 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
182 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
183 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
184 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
185 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
186 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
187 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
188 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
189 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
190 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
191 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
192 details. closes: Bug#133030
193 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
194 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
197 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
199 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
201 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
202 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
203 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
204 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
205 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
206 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
207 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
208 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
209 not. closes: Bug#139820
210 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
211 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
212 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
213 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
214 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
215 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
216 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
217 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
218 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
219 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
221 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
223 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
224 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
225 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
226 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
227 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
228 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
229 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
230 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
231 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
232 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
233 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
234 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
235 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
236 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
237 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
238 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
239 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
240 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
241 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
242 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
244 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
245 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
246 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
247 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
248 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
249 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
250 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
252 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
253 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
254 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
255 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
256 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
257 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
258 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
259 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
260 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
262 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
264 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
266 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
267 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
268 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
269 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
270 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
271 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
272 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
273 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
274 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
275 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
276 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
277 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
278 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
279 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
280 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
281 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
282 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
283 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
284 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
285 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
286 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
287 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
288 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
290 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
292 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
294 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
295 medium, high, emergency.
296 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
297 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
298 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
299 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
300 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
303 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
304 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
305 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
307 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
308 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
309 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
310 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
311 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
312 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
313 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
316 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
318 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
320 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
321 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
322 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
323 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
325 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
326 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
327 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
328 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
329 debian/rules to do this
330 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
331 patches are incorporated upstream
332 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
333 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
334 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
335 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
336 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
337 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
339 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
340 system closes: Bug#91249
341 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
342 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
343 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
344 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
345 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
346 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
347 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
348 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
349 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
350 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
351 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
352 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
353 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
355 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
357 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
359 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
360 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
361 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
362 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
364 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
365 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
366 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
368 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
371 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
373 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
375 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
376 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
377 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
378 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
379 package for the time being
380 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
381 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
382 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
383 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
384 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
385 * Rename all .text files as .txt
386 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
387 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
388 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
389 Build-Depends arch syntax
390 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
392 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
393 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
395 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
396 from policy maintenance duties.
397 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
398 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
400 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
402 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
404 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
406 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
408 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
410 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
411 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
412 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
413 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
414 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
415 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
416 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
417 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
418 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
419 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
420 minor version number for this
421 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
422 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
423 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
424 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
425 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
426 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
427 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
428 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
429 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
431 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
433 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
435 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
436 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
437 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
438 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
439 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
441 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
443 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
444 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
445 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
446 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
447 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
448 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
449 xutils closes: Bug#82966
450 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
451 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
452 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
453 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
454 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
455 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
456 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
457 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
458 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
461 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
463 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
465 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
466 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
468 * Document the Enhances relationship
469 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
470 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
471 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
472 policy. closes: Bug#53496
473 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
474 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
476 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
478 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
479 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
480 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
481 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
483 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
484 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
485 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
486 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
487 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
489 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
491 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
493 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
494 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
495 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
497 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
498 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
499 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
500 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
501 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
502 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
503 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
504 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
505 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
507 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
509 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
511 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
513 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
514 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
515 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
516 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
517 policy. closes: Bug#64437
518 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
519 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
520 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
521 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
522 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
523 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
524 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
525 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
526 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
527 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
528 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
529 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
530 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
531 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
532 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
533 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
534 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
536 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
537 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
539 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
541 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
543 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
544 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
545 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
546 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
547 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
548 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
549 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
550 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
551 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
552 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
553 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
554 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
555 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
556 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
557 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
558 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
559 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
560 alternative closes: Bug#53755
561 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
562 list closes: Bug#53756
563 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
564 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
565 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
566 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
567 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
568 policy closes: Bug#53760
569 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
570 policy closes: Bug#53761
571 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
572 that use X closes: Bug#53762
573 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
574 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
575 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
576 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
577 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
578 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
579 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
580 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
581 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
583 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
584 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
585 to install with older fileutils.
586 * Installed FHS version 2.1
587 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
588 * Added FHS details to copyright file
589 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
591 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
592 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
594 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
596 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
598 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
599 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
601 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
603 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
605 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
606 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
608 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
611 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
613 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
614 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
616 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
618 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
620 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
622 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
623 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
625 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
627 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
629 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
630 #45561, #42447, #48570)
631 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
632 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
633 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
634 directoried (closes: #41547)
635 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
636 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
637 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
638 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
639 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
640 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
641 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
642 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
643 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
644 package criteria (closes: #45318)
645 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
647 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
648 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
649 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
650 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
651 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
652 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
653 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
655 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
656 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
657 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
658 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
660 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
662 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
664 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
665 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
667 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
669 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
671 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
672 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
674 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
676 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
678 * A few typos and omissions corrected
679 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
681 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
682 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
683 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
684 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
685 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
686 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
687 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
688 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
689 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
690 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
691 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
692 this closes: Bug#38612
693 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
694 before. closes: Bug#40864
696 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
698 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
700 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
702 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
704 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
705 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
706 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
708 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
709 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
710 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
711 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
712 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
713 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
715 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
716 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
717 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
719 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
721 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
722 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
723 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
724 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
725 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
727 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
729 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
731 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
732 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
733 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
734 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
735 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
736 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
737 there). closes: Bug#34233
738 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
739 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
740 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
741 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
742 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
744 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
746 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
748 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
749 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
750 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
751 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
754 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
755 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
756 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
757 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
758 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
761 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
762 number. closes: BUG#25911
764 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
765 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
766 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
767 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
768 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
769 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
771 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
772 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
773 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
776 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
777 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
778 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
780 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
781 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
782 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
783 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
785 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
786 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
787 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
789 * Make the package optional, not extra.
791 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
792 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
793 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
794 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
795 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
796 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
797 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
798 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
801 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
803 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
804 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
807 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
809 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
811 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
813 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
815 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
817 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
818 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
819 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
820 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
821 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
822 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
823 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
824 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
826 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
827 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
829 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
831 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
833 * non-maintainer release
834 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
835 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
837 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
838 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
840 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
842 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
844 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
848 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
850 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
852 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
854 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
855 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
856 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
858 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
859 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
861 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
862 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
863 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
864 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
866 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
867 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
868 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
869 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
870 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
871 and restart options and to comply with the console message
872 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
874 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
875 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
876 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
879 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
880 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
881 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
883 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
884 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
885 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
887 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
888 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
890 * New version numbering scheme:
892 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
893 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
894 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
897 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
898 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
899 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
900 differ between the manuals.
902 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
903 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
904 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
905 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
909 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
910 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
912 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
914 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
916 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
918 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
920 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
921 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
922 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
924 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
925 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
928 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
929 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
930 file extension as the referenced file
932 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
933 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
935 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
936 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
937 start, stop, restart, force-reload
938 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
941 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
942 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
943 be installed into /etc/cron.d
945 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
946 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
947 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
948 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
951 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
952 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
955 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
956 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
957 reasonable default configuration
959 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
960 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
961 by all news servers and clients
963 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
964 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
965 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
966 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
967 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
969 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
970 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
973 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
975 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
976 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
978 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
981 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
982 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
984 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
985 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
987 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
989 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
991 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
993 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
994 - X library package is now called xlib6g
995 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
996 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
998 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1000 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1001 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1002 * Don't use debstd anymore
1004 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1006 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1008 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1009 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1010 contrib/non-free policy
1011 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1012 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1013 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1014 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1015 - new section about `Daemons'
1016 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1017 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1018 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1019 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1020 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1021 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1022 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1023 * SGML source code included in package
1024 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1026 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1028 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1030 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1031 - completely reworked structure
1032 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1033 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1034 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1035 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1036 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1037 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1038 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1039 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1040 - mention "orphaned packages"
1041 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1042 distributions' policy
1043 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1044 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1045 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1046 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1047 - added section about arch spec strings
1048 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1049 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1050 - added section about "menus"
1051 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1052 the new documentation policy soon
1053 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1054 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1056 - added section about editors and pagers
1057 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1058 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1059 - added section about device files
1060 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1061 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1062 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1064 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1065 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1066 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1067 - Added new section about obsolete names
1068 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1069 * Fixed package's description
1071 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1073 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1075 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1077 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1079 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1081 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1082 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1083 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1084 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1086 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1088 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1090 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1091 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1092 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1094 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1095 and upload it "byhand" too.
1097 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1099 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1102 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1103 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1104 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1105 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1106 functionality must not have the same name.
1107 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1108 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1109 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1110 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1111 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1112 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1113 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1115 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1116 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1117 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1118 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1119 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1120 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1121 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1122 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1125 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1127 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1129 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1131 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1132 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1133 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1134 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1135 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1138 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1140 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1142 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1144 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1145 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1146 description of deb file format.
1147 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1148 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1150 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1152 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1153 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1155 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1157 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1159 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1160 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1161 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1162 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1163 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1164 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1165 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1166 packages in section on Procedure
1167 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1168 a package maintainer
1169 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1170 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1171 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1173 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1174 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1175 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1176 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1177 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1178 on various shlib files
1179 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1180 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1181 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1183 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1185 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1187 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1188 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1189 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1191 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1192 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1193 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1194 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1195 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1197 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1199 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1201 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1203 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1205 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1206 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1207 compatibility go in contrib.
1209 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1210 instructions in policy manual.
1211 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1214 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1216 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1218 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1219 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1220 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1221 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1223 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1224 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1227 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1229 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1231 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1232 * More detail about changelog format names.
1234 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1235 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1239 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1241 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1243 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1245 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1247 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1249 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1251 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1253 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1254 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1255 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1257 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1259 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1261 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1263 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1265 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1269 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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