1 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
7 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
9 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
10 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
14 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
15 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
19 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
20 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
22 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
24 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
25 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
27 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
29 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
30 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
32 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
34 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
35 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
36 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
37 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
39 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
40 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
41 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
42 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
44 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
45 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
46 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
47 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
49 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
50 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
51 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
53 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
55 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
56 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
57 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
58 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
59 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
61 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
62 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
63 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
64 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
66 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
67 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
68 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
69 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
71 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
72 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
73 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
74 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
76 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
77 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
78 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
79 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
81 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
82 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
83 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
84 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
86 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
87 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
88 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
89 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
91 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
93 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
94 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
95 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
96 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
97 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
98 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
99 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
100 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
101 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
103 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
104 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
105 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
106 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
107 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
108 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
110 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
112 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
115 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
118 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
121 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
122 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
123 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
124 and distribution license' (three times).
125 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
126 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
127 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
128 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
129 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
131 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
133 Proposed by Santiago Vila
134 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
135 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
136 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
137 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
141 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
142 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
143 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
146 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
147 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
148 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
149 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
150 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
151 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
153 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
154 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
155 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
156 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
158 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
159 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
160 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
161 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
162 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
164 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
165 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
166 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
167 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
168 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
170 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
171 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
172 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
173 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
174 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
176 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
177 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
178 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
179 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
181 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
182 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
183 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
184 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
185 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
187 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
188 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
189 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
190 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
192 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
193 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
194 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
195 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
197 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
198 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
199 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
200 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
201 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
203 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
204 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
205 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
206 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
208 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
209 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
210 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
211 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
212 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
214 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
215 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
217 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
219 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
220 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
221 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
222 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
223 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
224 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
225 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
226 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
227 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
228 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
229 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
230 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
231 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
232 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
233 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
234 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
235 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
236 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
237 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
238 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
239 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
240 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
241 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
242 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
243 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
244 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
245 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
246 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
247 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
248 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
249 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
250 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
252 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
254 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
256 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
259 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
260 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
262 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
263 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
267 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
270 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
271 Wording: Steve Langasek.
272 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
273 Seconded: Julien Cristau
274 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
277 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
278 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
279 Seconded: Russ Allbery
280 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
283 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
284 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
285 Seconded: Russ Allbery
287 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
288 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
289 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
290 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
291 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
292 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
293 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
294 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
295 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
297 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
298 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
299 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
300 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
301 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
302 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
303 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
304 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
305 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
306 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
307 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
308 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
309 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
310 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
311 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
312 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
314 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
315 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
316 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
317 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
318 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
320 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
323 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
324 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
325 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
326 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
327 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
328 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
331 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
333 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
335 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
336 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
337 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
338 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
340 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
341 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
342 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
343 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
345 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
346 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
347 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
348 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
350 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
351 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
352 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
353 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
354 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
355 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
357 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
358 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
359 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
360 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
361 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
363 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
364 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
365 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
366 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
368 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
369 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
370 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
371 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
373 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
374 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
375 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
376 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
378 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
379 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
380 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
381 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
383 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
384 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
385 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
386 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
388 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
389 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
390 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
391 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
392 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
393 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
394 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
395 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
396 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
397 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
398 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
399 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
400 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
401 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
402 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
404 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
405 Source field descriptions.
406 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
407 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
408 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
409 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
410 description says otherwise.
412 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
414 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
417 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
418 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
419 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
420 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
421 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
422 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
424 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
425 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
426 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
427 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
429 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
430 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
431 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
432 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
434 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
435 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
436 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
437 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
439 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
440 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
441 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
442 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
446 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
447 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
448 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
449 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
450 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
452 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
453 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
454 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
455 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
457 * Add myself to Uploaders.
460 * Add myself to Uploaders.
461 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
463 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
464 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
465 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
467 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
469 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
471 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
472 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
473 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
474 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
476 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
477 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
478 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
479 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
481 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
482 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
483 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
484 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
486 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
487 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
488 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
489 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
491 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
492 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
493 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
494 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
496 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
497 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
498 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
499 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
501 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
502 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
503 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
504 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
506 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
507 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
508 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
509 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
511 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
512 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
513 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
514 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
516 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
517 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
518 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
519 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
521 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
522 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
523 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
524 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
525 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
527 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
528 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
529 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
530 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
531 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
532 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
533 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
534 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
535 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
536 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
537 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
538 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
539 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
540 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
541 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
542 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
543 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
544 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
545 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
546 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
547 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
548 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
549 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
550 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
551 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
552 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
553 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
554 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
555 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
556 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
558 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
559 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
560 links was completed long ago.
561 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
563 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
565 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
567 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
568 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
570 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
572 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
574 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
575 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
576 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
577 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
578 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
579 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
580 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
581 Millan (Closes: #209008).
582 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
583 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
585 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
587 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
589 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
590 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
591 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
592 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
593 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
594 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
595 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
597 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
598 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
599 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
600 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
602 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
603 Küster (Closes: #403391).
604 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
605 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
606 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
607 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
608 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
609 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
610 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
611 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
612 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
613 Closes: #186700, #458910
614 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
615 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
616 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
618 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
619 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
620 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
621 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
622 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
623 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
624 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
625 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
627 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
628 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
630 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
631 * Add an md5sums control file.
632 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
633 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
634 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
635 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
636 currently part of policy.
637 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
638 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
639 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
642 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
644 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
646 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
647 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
648 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
649 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
650 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
651 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
652 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
653 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
654 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
655 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
656 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
657 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
658 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
659 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
660 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
661 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
663 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
665 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
666 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
667 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
669 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
670 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
671 list?" (Closes: #412634).
672 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
673 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
674 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
675 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
676 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
677 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
678 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
679 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
680 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
681 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
682 debconf specification.
683 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
684 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
686 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
688 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
690 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
691 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
692 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
693 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
694 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
696 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
698 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
699 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
700 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
701 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
702 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
704 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
705 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
706 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
707 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
708 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
709 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
710 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
711 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
712 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
713 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
714 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
715 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
716 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
717 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
718 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
719 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
721 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
723 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
724 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
725 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
726 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
727 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
728 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
729 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
730 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
732 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
734 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
736 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
737 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
738 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
739 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
740 Polo (Closes: #372497).
741 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
742 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
744 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
745 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
746 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
747 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
748 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
749 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
750 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
751 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
752 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
753 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
755 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
756 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
757 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
758 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
759 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
760 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
762 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
764 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
766 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
767 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
768 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
769 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
771 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
772 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
774 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
776 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
778 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
779 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
780 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
781 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
782 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
783 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
784 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
785 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
786 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
787 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
789 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
790 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
791 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
792 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
793 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
794 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
795 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
796 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
797 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
798 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
799 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
802 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
804 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
806 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
807 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
808 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
809 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
810 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
811 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
812 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
813 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
814 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
815 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
816 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
817 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
818 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
819 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
820 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
821 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
822 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
823 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
824 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
825 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
826 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
827 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
828 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
829 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
830 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
831 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
832 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
833 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
835 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
836 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
837 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
838 Hess (Closes: #362247).
839 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
840 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
841 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
842 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
843 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
844 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
845 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
846 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
847 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
848 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
849 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
850 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
852 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
853 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
855 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
856 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
857 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
858 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
859 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
860 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
861 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
862 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
863 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
864 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
865 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
867 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
869 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
872 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
873 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
874 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
875 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
876 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
877 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
878 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
879 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
880 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
881 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
882 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
883 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
884 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
886 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
887 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
888 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
889 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
890 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
891 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
892 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
893 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
894 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
895 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
896 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
897 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
898 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
899 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
900 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
901 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
902 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
903 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
904 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
907 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
909 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
911 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
912 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
913 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
914 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
916 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
917 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
918 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
919 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
921 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
923 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
926 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
927 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
928 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
929 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
930 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
931 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
932 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
933 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
934 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
935 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
937 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
938 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
939 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
941 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
942 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
943 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
944 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
945 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
946 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
947 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
949 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
950 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
951 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
952 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
954 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
955 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
956 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
957 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
958 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
959 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
960 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
961 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
963 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
964 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
965 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
966 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
967 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
968 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
969 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
970 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
971 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
972 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
973 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
974 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
975 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
976 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
977 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
978 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
979 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
981 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
983 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
986 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
987 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
988 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
989 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
990 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
991 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
992 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
993 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
994 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
996 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
997 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
998 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
999 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1000 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1001 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1002 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1003 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1004 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1005 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1006 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1007 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1008 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1009 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1010 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1011 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1012 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1014 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1015 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1016 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1019 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1020 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1021 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1023 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1024 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1025 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1026 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1027 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1028 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1030 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1031 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1033 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1034 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1035 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1036 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1037 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1038 Closes: #185943, #237049
1040 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1042 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1045 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1048 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1049 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1050 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1051 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1052 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1053 running. closes: Bug#187250
1054 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1055 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1056 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1057 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1058 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1059 user closes: Bug#176506
1061 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1063 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1066 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1067 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1068 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1069 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1070 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1071 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1072 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1073 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1074 deb-building toolchain.
1075 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1076 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1077 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1078 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1079 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1080 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1081 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1082 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1083 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1084 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1085 sections about changelog files.
1087 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1088 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1089 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1090 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1091 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1092 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1094 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1095 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1096 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1097 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1098 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1099 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1100 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1101 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1102 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1103 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1104 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1105 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1106 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1107 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1108 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1109 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1110 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1111 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1112 for the restructuring
1114 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1116 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1119 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1121 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1122 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1123 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1124 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1125 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1126 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1128 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1129 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1130 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1131 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1132 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1133 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1134 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1136 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1137 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1138 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1139 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1141 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1143 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1146 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1147 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1148 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1149 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1150 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1151 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1153 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1154 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1155 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1156 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1158 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1159 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1160 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1161 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1162 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1163 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1164 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1165 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1166 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1167 offtopic stuff, too.
1168 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1169 script should start it, closes: #60979
1170 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1171 "should", closes: #170019
1172 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1173 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1174 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1175 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1176 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1177 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1178 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1179 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1182 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1184 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1187 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1188 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1189 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1190 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1191 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1192 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1193 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1194 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1195 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1197 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1198 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1199 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1200 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1201 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1202 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1203 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1204 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1205 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1207 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1208 file, closes: Bug#65764
1210 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1212 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1214 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1215 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1216 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1217 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1218 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1219 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1220 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1221 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1222 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1223 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1224 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1225 details. closes: Bug#133030
1226 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1227 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1228 parts of Bug#161455.
1230 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1232 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1234 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1235 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1236 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1237 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1238 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1239 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1240 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1241 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1242 not. closes: Bug#139820
1243 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1244 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1245 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1246 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1247 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1248 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1249 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1250 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1251 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1252 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1254 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1256 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1257 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1258 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1259 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1260 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1261 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1262 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1263 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1264 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1265 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1266 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1267 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1268 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1269 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1270 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1271 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1272 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1273 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1274 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1275 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1277 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1278 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1279 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1280 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1281 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1282 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1283 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1285 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1286 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1287 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1288 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1289 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1290 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1291 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1292 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1293 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1295 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1297 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1299 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1300 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1301 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1302 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1303 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1304 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1305 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1306 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1307 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1308 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1309 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1310 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1311 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1312 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1313 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1314 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1315 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1316 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1317 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1318 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1319 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1320 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1321 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1323 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1325 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1327 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1328 medium, high, emergency.
1329 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1330 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1331 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1332 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1333 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1336 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1337 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1338 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1340 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1341 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1342 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1343 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1344 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1345 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1346 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1349 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1351 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1353 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1354 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1355 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1356 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1358 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1359 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1360 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1361 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1362 debian/rules to do this
1363 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1364 patches are incorporated upstream
1365 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1366 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1367 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1368 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1369 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1370 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1372 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1373 system closes: Bug#91249
1374 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1375 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1376 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1377 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1378 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1379 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1380 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1381 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1382 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1383 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1384 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1385 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1386 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1388 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1390 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1392 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1393 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1394 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1395 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1397 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1398 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1399 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1401 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1404 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1406 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1408 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1409 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1410 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1411 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1412 package for the time being
1413 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1414 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1415 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1416 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1417 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1418 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1419 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1420 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1421 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1422 Build-Depends arch syntax
1423 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1425 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1426 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1428 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1429 from policy maintenance duties.
1430 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1431 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1433 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1435 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1437 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1439 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1441 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1443 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1444 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1445 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1446 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1447 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1448 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1449 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1450 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1451 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1452 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1453 minor version number for this
1454 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1455 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1456 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1457 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1458 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1459 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1460 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1461 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1462 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1464 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1466 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1468 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1469 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1470 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1471 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1472 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1474 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1476 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1477 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1478 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1479 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1480 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1481 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1482 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1483 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1484 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1485 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1486 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1487 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1488 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1489 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1490 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1491 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1494 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1496 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1498 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1499 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1501 * Document the Enhances relationship
1502 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1503 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1504 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1505 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1506 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1507 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1509 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1511 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1512 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1513 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1514 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1516 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1517 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1518 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1519 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1520 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1522 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1524 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1526 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1527 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1528 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1530 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1531 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1532 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1533 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1534 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1535 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1536 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1537 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1538 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1540 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1542 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1544 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1546 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1547 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1548 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1549 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1550 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1551 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1552 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1553 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1554 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1555 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1556 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1557 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1558 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1559 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1560 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1561 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1562 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1563 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1564 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1565 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1566 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1567 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1569 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1570 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1572 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1574 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1576 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1577 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1578 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1579 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1580 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1581 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1582 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1583 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1584 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1585 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1586 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1587 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1588 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1589 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1590 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1591 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1592 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1593 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1594 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1595 list closes: Bug#53756
1596 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1597 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1598 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1599 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1600 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1601 policy closes: Bug#53760
1602 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1603 policy closes: Bug#53761
1604 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1605 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1606 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1607 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1608 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1609 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1610 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1611 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1612 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1613 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1614 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1616 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1617 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1618 to install with older fileutils.
1619 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1620 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1621 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1622 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1624 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1625 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1627 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1629 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1631 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1632 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1634 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1636 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1638 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1639 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1641 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1644 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1646 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1647 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1649 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1651 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1653 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1655 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1656 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1658 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1660 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1662 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1663 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1664 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1665 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1666 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1667 directoried (closes: #41547)
1668 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1669 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1670 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1671 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1672 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1673 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1674 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1675 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1676 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1677 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1678 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1680 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1681 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1682 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1683 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1684 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1685 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1686 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1688 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1689 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1690 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1691 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1693 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1695 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1697 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1698 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1700 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1702 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1704 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1705 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1707 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1709 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1711 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1712 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1714 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1715 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1716 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1717 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1718 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1719 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1720 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1721 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1722 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1723 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1724 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1725 this closes: Bug#38612
1726 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1727 before. closes: Bug#40864
1729 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1731 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1733 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1734 officially uploaded.
1735 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1737 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1738 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1739 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1741 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1742 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1743 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1744 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1745 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1746 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1748 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1749 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1750 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1752 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1754 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1755 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1756 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1757 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1758 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1760 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1762 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1764 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1765 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1766 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1767 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1768 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1769 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1770 there). closes: Bug#34233
1771 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1772 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1773 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1774 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1775 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1777 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1779 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1781 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1782 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1783 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1784 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1787 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1788 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1789 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1790 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1791 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1794 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1795 number. closes: BUG#25911
1797 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1798 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1799 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1800 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1801 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1802 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1804 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1805 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1806 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1809 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1810 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1811 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1813 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1814 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1815 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1816 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1818 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1819 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1820 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1822 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1824 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1825 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1826 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1827 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1828 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1829 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1830 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1831 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1834 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1836 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1837 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1840 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1842 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1844 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1846 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1848 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1850 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1851 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1852 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1853 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1854 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1855 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1856 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1857 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1859 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1860 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1862 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1864 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1866 * non-maintainer release
1867 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1868 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1870 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1871 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1872 * no content changes
1873 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1875 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1877 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1881 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1883 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1885 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1887 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1888 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1889 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1891 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1892 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1894 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1895 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1896 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1897 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1899 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1900 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1901 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1902 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1903 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1904 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1905 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1907 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1908 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1909 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1912 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1913 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1914 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1916 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1917 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1918 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1920 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1921 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1923 * New version numbering scheme:
1925 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1926 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1927 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1930 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1931 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1932 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1933 differ between the manuals.
1935 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1936 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1937 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1938 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1940 * Packaging changes:
1942 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1943 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1945 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1947 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1949 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1951 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1953 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1954 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1955 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1957 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1958 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1961 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1962 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1963 file extension as the referenced file
1965 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1966 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1968 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1969 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1970 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1971 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1974 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1975 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1976 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1978 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1979 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1980 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1981 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1984 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1985 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1988 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1989 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1990 reasonable default configuration
1992 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1993 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1994 by all news servers and clients
1996 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1997 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1998 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1999 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2000 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2002 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2003 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2006 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2008 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2009 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2011 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2014 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2015 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2017 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2018 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2020 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2022 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2024 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2026 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2027 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2028 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2029 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2031 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2033 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2034 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2035 * Don't use debstd anymore
2037 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2039 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2041 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2042 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2043 contrib/non-free policy
2044 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2045 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2046 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2047 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2048 - new section about `Daemons'
2049 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2050 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2051 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2052 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2053 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2054 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2055 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2056 * SGML source code included in package
2057 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2059 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2061 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2063 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2064 - completely reworked structure
2065 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2066 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2067 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2068 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2069 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2070 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2071 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2072 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2073 - mention "orphaned packages"
2074 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2075 distributions' policy
2076 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2077 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2078 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2079 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2080 - added section about arch spec strings
2081 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2082 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2083 - added section about "menus"
2084 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2085 the new documentation policy soon
2086 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2087 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2089 - added section about editors and pagers
2090 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2091 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2092 - added section about device files
2093 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2094 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2095 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2097 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2098 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2099 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2100 - Added new section about obsolete names
2101 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2102 * Fixed package's description
2104 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2106 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2108 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2110 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2112 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2114 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2115 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2116 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2117 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2119 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2121 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2123 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2124 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2125 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2127 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2128 and upload it "byhand" too.
2130 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2132 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2135 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2136 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2137 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2138 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2139 functionality must not have the same name.
2140 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2141 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2142 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2143 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2144 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2145 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2146 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2148 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2149 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2150 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2151 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2152 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2153 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2154 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2155 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2158 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2160 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2162 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2164 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2165 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2166 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2167 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2168 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2171 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2173 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2175 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2177 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2178 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2179 description of deb file format.
2180 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2181 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2183 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2185 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2186 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2188 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2190 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2192 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2193 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2194 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2195 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2196 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2197 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2198 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2199 packages in section on Procedure
2200 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2201 a package maintainer
2202 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2203 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2204 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2206 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2207 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2208 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2209 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2210 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2211 on various shlib files
2212 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2213 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2214 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2216 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2218 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2220 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2221 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2222 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2224 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2225 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2226 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2227 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2228 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2230 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2232 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2234 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2236 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2238 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2239 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2240 compatibility go in contrib.
2242 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2243 instructions in policy manual.
2244 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2247 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2249 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2251 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2252 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2253 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2254 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2256 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2257 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2260 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2262 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2264 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2265 * More detail about changelog format names.
2267 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2268 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2272 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2274 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2276 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2278 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2280 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2282 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2284 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2286 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2287 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2288 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2290 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2292 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2294 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2296 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2298 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2302 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100