1 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
4 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
8 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
9 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
11 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
13 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
14 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
18 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
19 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
21 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
23 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
24 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
28 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
29 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
33 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
34 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
35 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
36 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
38 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
39 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
41 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
43 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
44 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
45 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
46 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
48 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
49 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
50 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
51 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
53 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
54 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
55 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
56 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
57 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
59 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
60 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
61 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
62 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
63 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
64 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
65 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
66 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
67 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
68 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
69 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
70 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
71 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
72 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
73 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
74 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
75 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
76 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
77 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
78 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
79 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
80 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
81 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
82 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
83 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
84 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
85 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
86 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
87 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
88 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
91 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:23:50 -0700
93 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
95 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
96 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
98 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
100 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
102 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
103 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
104 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
105 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
106 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
107 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
108 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
109 Millan (Closes: #209008).
110 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
111 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
113 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
115 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
117 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
118 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
119 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
120 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
121 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
122 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
123 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
125 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
126 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
127 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
128 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
130 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
131 Küster (Closes: #403391).
132 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
133 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
134 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
135 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
136 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
137 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
138 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
140 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
141 Closes: #186700, #458910
142 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
143 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
146 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
147 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
148 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
149 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
150 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
151 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
152 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
153 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
155 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
156 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
158 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
159 * Add an md5sums control file.
160 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
161 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
162 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
163 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
164 currently part of policy.
165 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
166 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
167 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
170 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
172 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
174 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
175 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
176 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
177 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
178 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
179 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
180 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
181 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
182 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
183 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
184 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
185 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
186 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
187 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
188 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
189 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
191 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
193 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
194 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
195 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
197 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
198 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
199 list?" (Closes: #412634).
200 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
201 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
202 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
203 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
204 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
205 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
206 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
207 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
208 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
209 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
210 debconf specification.
211 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
212 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
214 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
216 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
218 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
219 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
220 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
221 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
222 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
224 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
226 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
227 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
228 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
229 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
230 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
232 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
233 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
234 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
235 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
236 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
237 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
238 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
239 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
240 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
241 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
242 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
243 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
244 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
245 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
246 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
247 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
249 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
251 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
252 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
253 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
254 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
255 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
256 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
257 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
258 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
260 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
262 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
264 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
265 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
266 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
267 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
268 Polo (Closes: #372497).
269 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
270 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
272 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
273 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
274 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
275 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
276 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
277 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
278 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
279 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
280 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
281 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
283 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
284 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
285 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
286 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
287 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
288 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
290 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
292 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
294 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
295 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
296 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
297 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
299 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
300 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
302 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
304 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
306 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
307 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
308 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
309 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
310 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
311 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
312 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
313 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
314 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
315 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
317 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
318 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
319 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
320 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
321 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
322 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
323 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
324 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
325 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
326 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
327 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
330 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
332 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
334 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
335 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
336 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
337 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
338 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
339 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
340 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
341 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
342 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
343 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
344 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
345 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
346 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
347 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
348 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
349 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
350 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
351 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
352 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
353 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
354 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
355 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
356 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
357 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
358 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
359 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
360 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
361 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
363 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
364 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
365 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
366 Hess (Closes: #362247).
367 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
368 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
369 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
370 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
371 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
372 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
373 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
374 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
375 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
376 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
377 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
378 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
380 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
381 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
383 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
384 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
385 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
386 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
387 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
388 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
389 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
390 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
391 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
392 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
393 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
395 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
397 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
400 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
401 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
402 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
403 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
404 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
405 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
406 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
407 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
408 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
409 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
410 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
411 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
412 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
414 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
415 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
416 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
417 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
418 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
419 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
420 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
421 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
422 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
423 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
424 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
425 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
426 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
427 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
428 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
429 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
430 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
431 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
432 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
435 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
437 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
439 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
440 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
441 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
442 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
444 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
445 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
446 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
447 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
449 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
451 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
454 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
455 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
456 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
457 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
458 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
459 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
460 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
461 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
462 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
463 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
465 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
466 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
467 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
469 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
470 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
471 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
472 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
473 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
474 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
475 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
477 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
478 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
479 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
480 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
482 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
483 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
484 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
485 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
486 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
487 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
488 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
489 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
491 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
492 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
493 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
494 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
495 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
496 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
497 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
498 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
499 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
500 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
501 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
502 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
503 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
504 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
505 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
506 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
507 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
509 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
511 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
514 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
515 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
516 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
517 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
518 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
519 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
520 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
521 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
522 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
524 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
525 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
526 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
527 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
528 this section. closes: Bug#248618
529 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
530 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
531 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
532 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
533 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
534 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
535 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
536 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
537 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
538 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
539 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
540 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
542 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
543 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
544 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
547 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
548 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
549 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
551 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
552 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
553 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
554 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
555 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
556 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
558 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
559 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
561 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
562 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
563 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
564 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
565 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
566 Closes: #185943, #237049
568 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
570 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
573 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
576 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
577 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
578 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
579 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
580 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
581 running. closes: Bug#187250
582 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
583 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
584 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
585 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
586 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
587 user closes: Bug#176506
589 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
591 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
594 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
595 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
596 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
597 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
598 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
599 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
600 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
601 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
602 deb-building toolchain.
603 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
604 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
605 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
606 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
607 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
608 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
609 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
610 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
611 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
612 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
613 sections about changelog files.
615 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
616 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
617 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
618 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
619 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
620 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
622 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
623 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
624 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
625 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
626 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
627 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
628 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
629 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
630 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
631 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
632 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
633 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
634 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
635 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
636 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
637 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
638 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
639 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
640 for the restructuring
642 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
644 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
647 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
649 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
650 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
651 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
652 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
653 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
654 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
656 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
657 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
658 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
659 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
660 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
661 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
662 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
664 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
665 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
666 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
667 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
669 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
671 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
674 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
675 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
676 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
677 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
678 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
679 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
681 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
682 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
683 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
684 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
686 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
687 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
688 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
689 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
690 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
691 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
692 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
693 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
694 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
696 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
697 script should start it, closes: #60979
698 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
699 "should", closes: #170019
700 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
701 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
702 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
703 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
704 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
705 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
706 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
707 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
710 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
712 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
715 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
716 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
717 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
718 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
719 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
720 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
721 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
722 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
723 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
725 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
726 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
727 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
728 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
729 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
730 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
731 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
732 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
733 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
735 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
736 file, closes: Bug#65764
738 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
740 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
742 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
743 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
744 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
745 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
746 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
747 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
748 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
749 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
750 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
751 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
752 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
753 details. closes: Bug#133030
754 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
755 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
758 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
760 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
762 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
763 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
764 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
765 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
766 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
767 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
768 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
769 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
770 not. closes: Bug#139820
771 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
772 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
773 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
774 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
775 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
776 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
777 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
778 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
779 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
780 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
782 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
784 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
785 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
786 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
787 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
788 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
789 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
790 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
791 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
792 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
793 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
794 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
795 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
796 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
797 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
798 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
799 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
800 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
801 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
802 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
803 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
805 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
806 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
807 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
808 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
809 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
810 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
811 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
813 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
814 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
815 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
816 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
817 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
818 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
819 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
820 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
821 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
823 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
825 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
827 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
828 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
829 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
830 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
831 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
832 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
833 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
834 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
835 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
836 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
837 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
838 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
839 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
840 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
841 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
842 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
843 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
844 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
845 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
846 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
847 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
848 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
849 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
851 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
853 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
855 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
856 medium, high, emergency.
857 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
858 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
859 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
860 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
861 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
864 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
865 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
866 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
868 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
869 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
870 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
871 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
872 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
873 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
874 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
877 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
879 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
881 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
882 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
883 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
884 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
886 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
887 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
888 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
889 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
890 debian/rules to do this
891 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
892 patches are incorporated upstream
893 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
894 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
895 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
896 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
897 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
898 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
900 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
901 system closes: Bug#91249
902 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
903 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
904 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
905 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
906 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
907 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
908 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
909 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
910 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
911 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
912 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
913 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
914 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
916 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
918 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
920 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
921 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
922 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
923 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
925 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
926 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
927 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
929 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
932 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
934 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
936 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
937 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
938 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
939 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
940 package for the time being
941 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
942 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
943 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
944 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
945 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
946 * Rename all .text files as .txt
947 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
948 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
949 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
950 Build-Depends arch syntax
951 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
953 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
954 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
956 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
957 from policy maintenance duties.
958 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
959 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
961 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
963 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
965 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
967 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
969 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
971 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
972 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
973 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
974 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
975 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
976 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
977 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
978 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
979 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
980 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
981 minor version number for this
982 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
983 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
984 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
985 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
986 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
987 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
988 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
989 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
990 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
992 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
994 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
996 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
997 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
998 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
999 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1000 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1002 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1004 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1005 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1006 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1007 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1008 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1009 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1010 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1011 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1012 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1013 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1014 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1015 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1016 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1017 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1018 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1019 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1022 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1024 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1026 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1027 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1029 * Document the Enhances relationship
1030 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1031 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1032 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1033 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1034 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1035 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1037 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1039 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1040 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1041 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1042 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1044 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1045 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1046 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1047 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1048 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1050 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1052 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1054 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1055 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1056 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1058 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1059 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1060 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1061 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1062 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1063 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1064 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1065 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1066 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1068 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1070 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1072 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1074 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1075 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1076 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1077 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1078 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1079 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1080 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1081 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1082 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1083 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1084 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1085 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1086 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1087 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1088 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1089 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1090 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1091 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1092 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1093 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1094 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1095 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1097 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1098 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1100 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1102 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1104 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1105 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1106 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1107 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1108 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1109 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1110 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1111 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1112 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1113 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1114 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1115 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1116 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1117 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1118 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1119 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1120 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1121 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1122 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1123 list closes: Bug#53756
1124 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1125 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1126 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1127 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1128 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1129 policy closes: Bug#53760
1130 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1131 policy closes: Bug#53761
1132 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1133 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1134 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1135 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1136 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1137 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1138 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1139 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1140 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1141 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1142 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1144 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1145 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1146 to install with older fileutils.
1147 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1148 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1149 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1150 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1152 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1153 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1155 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1157 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1159 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1160 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1162 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1164 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1166 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1167 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1169 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1172 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1174 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1175 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1177 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1179 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1181 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1183 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1184 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1186 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1188 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1190 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1191 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1192 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1193 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1194 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1195 directoried (closes: #41547)
1196 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1197 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1198 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1199 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1200 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1201 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1202 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1203 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1204 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1205 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1206 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1208 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1209 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1210 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1211 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1212 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1213 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1214 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1216 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1217 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1218 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1219 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1221 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1223 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1225 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1226 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1228 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1230 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1232 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1233 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1235 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1237 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1239 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1240 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1242 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1243 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1244 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1245 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1246 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1247 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1248 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1249 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1250 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1251 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1252 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1253 this closes: Bug#38612
1254 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1255 before. closes: Bug#40864
1257 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1259 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1261 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1262 officially uploaded.
1263 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1265 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1266 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1267 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1269 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1270 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1271 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1272 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1273 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1274 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1276 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1277 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1278 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1280 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1282 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1283 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1284 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1285 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1286 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1288 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1290 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1292 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1293 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1294 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1295 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1296 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1297 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1298 there). closes: Bug#34233
1299 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1300 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1301 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1302 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1303 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1305 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1307 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1309 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1310 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1311 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1312 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1315 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1316 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1317 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1318 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1319 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1322 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1323 number. closes: BUG#25911
1325 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1326 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1327 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1328 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1329 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1330 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1332 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1333 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1334 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1337 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1338 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1339 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1341 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1342 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1343 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1344 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1346 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1347 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1348 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1350 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1352 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1353 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1354 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1355 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1356 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1357 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1358 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1359 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1362 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1364 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1365 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1368 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1370 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1372 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1374 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1376 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1378 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1379 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1380 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1381 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1382 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1383 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1384 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1385 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1387 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1388 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1390 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1392 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1394 * non-maintainer release
1395 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1396 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1398 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1399 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1400 * no content changes
1401 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1403 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1405 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1409 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1411 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1413 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1415 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1416 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1417 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1419 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1420 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1422 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1423 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1424 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1425 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1427 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1428 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1429 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1430 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1431 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1432 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1433 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1435 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1436 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1437 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1440 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1441 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1442 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1444 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1445 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1446 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1448 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1449 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1451 * New version numbering scheme:
1453 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1454 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1455 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1458 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1459 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1460 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1461 differ between the manuals.
1463 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1464 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1465 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1466 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1468 * Packaging changes:
1470 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1471 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1473 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1475 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1477 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1479 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1481 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1482 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1483 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1485 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1486 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1489 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1490 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1491 file extension as the referenced file
1493 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1494 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1496 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1497 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1498 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1499 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1502 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1503 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1504 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1506 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1507 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1508 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1509 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1512 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1513 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1516 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1517 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1518 reasonable default configuration
1520 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1521 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1522 by all news servers and clients
1524 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1525 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1526 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1527 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1528 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1530 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1531 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1534 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1536 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1537 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1539 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1542 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1543 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1545 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1546 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1548 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1550 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1552 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1554 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1555 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1556 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1557 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1559 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1561 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1562 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1563 * Don't use debstd anymore
1565 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1567 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1569 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1570 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1571 contrib/non-free policy
1572 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1573 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1574 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1575 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1576 - new section about `Daemons'
1577 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1578 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1579 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1580 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1581 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1582 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1583 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1584 * SGML source code included in package
1585 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1587 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1589 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1591 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1592 - completely reworked structure
1593 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1594 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1595 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1596 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1597 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1598 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1599 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1600 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1601 - mention "orphaned packages"
1602 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1603 distributions' policy
1604 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1605 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1606 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1607 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1608 - added section about arch spec strings
1609 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1610 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1611 - added section about "menus"
1612 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1613 the new documentation policy soon
1614 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1615 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1617 - added section about editors and pagers
1618 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1619 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1620 - added section about device files
1621 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1622 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1623 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1625 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1626 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1627 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1628 - Added new section about obsolete names
1629 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1630 * Fixed package's description
1632 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1634 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1636 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1638 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1640 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1642 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1643 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1644 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1645 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1647 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1649 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1651 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1652 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1653 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1655 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1656 and upload it "byhand" too.
1658 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1660 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1663 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1664 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1665 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1666 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1667 functionality must not have the same name.
1668 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1669 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1670 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1671 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1672 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1673 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1674 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1676 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1677 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1678 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1679 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1680 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1681 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1682 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1683 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1686 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1688 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1690 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1692 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1693 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1694 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1695 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1696 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1699 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1701 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1703 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1705 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1706 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1707 description of deb file format.
1708 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1709 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1711 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1713 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1714 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1716 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1718 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1720 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1721 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1722 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1723 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1724 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1725 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1726 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1727 packages in section on Procedure
1728 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1729 a package maintainer
1730 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1731 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1732 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1734 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1735 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1736 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1737 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1738 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1739 on various shlib files
1740 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1741 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1742 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1744 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1746 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1748 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1749 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1750 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1752 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1753 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1754 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1755 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1756 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1758 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1760 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1762 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1764 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1766 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1767 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1768 compatibility go in contrib.
1770 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1771 instructions in policy manual.
1772 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1775 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1777 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1779 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1780 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1781 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1782 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1784 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1785 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1788 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1790 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1792 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1793 * More detail about changelog format names.
1795 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1796 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1800 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1802 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1804 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1806 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1808 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1810 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1812 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1814 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1815 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1816 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1818 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1820 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1822 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1824 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1826 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1830 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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