1 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
5 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
6 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
7 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
8 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
9 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
10 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
11 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
12 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
13 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
18 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
21 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
22 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
23 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
24 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
25 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
26 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
27 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
28 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
29 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
31 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
32 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
33 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
34 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
35 this section. closes: Bug#248618
36 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
37 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
38 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
39 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
40 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
41 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
42 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
43 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
44 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
45 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
46 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
47 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
49 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
50 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
51 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
54 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
55 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
56 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
58 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
59 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
60 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
61 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
62 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
63 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
65 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
66 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
68 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
69 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
70 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
71 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
72 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
73 Closes: #185943, #237049
75 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
77 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
80 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
83 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
84 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
85 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
86 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
87 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
88 running. closes: Bug#187250
89 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
90 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
91 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
92 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
93 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
94 user closes: Bug#176506
96 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
98 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
101 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
102 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
103 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
104 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
105 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
106 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
107 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
108 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
109 deb-building toolchain.
110 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
111 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
112 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
113 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
114 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
115 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
116 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
117 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
118 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
119 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
120 sections about changelog files.
122 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
123 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
124 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
125 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
126 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
127 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
129 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
130 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
131 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
132 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
133 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
134 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
135 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
136 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
137 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
138 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
139 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
140 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
141 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
142 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
143 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
144 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
145 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
146 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
147 for the restructuring
149 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
151 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
154 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
156 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
157 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
158 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
159 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
160 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
161 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
163 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
164 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
165 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
166 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
167 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
168 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
169 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
171 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
172 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
173 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
174 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
176 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
178 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
181 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
182 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
183 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
184 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
185 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
186 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
188 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
189 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
190 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
191 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
193 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
194 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
195 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
196 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
197 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
198 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
199 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
200 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
201 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
203 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
204 script should start it, closes: #60979
205 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
206 "should", closes: #170019
207 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
208 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
209 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
210 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
211 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
212 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
213 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
214 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
217 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
219 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
222 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
223 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
224 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
225 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
226 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
227 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
228 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
229 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
230 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
232 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
233 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
234 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
235 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
236 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
237 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
238 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
239 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
240 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
242 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
243 file, closes: Bug#65764
245 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
247 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
249 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
250 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
251 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
252 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
253 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
254 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
255 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
256 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
257 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
258 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
259 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
260 details. closes: Bug#133030
261 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
262 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
265 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
267 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
269 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
270 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
271 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
272 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
273 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
274 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
275 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
276 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
277 not. closes: Bug#139820
278 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
279 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
280 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
281 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
282 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
283 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
284 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
285 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
286 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
287 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
289 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
291 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
292 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
293 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
294 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
295 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
296 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
297 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
298 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
299 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
300 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
301 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
302 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
303 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
304 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
305 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
306 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
307 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
308 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
309 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
310 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
312 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
313 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
314 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
315 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
316 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
317 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
318 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
320 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
321 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
322 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
323 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
324 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
325 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
326 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
327 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
328 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
330 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
332 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
334 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
335 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
336 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
337 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
338 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
339 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
340 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
341 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
342 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
343 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
344 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
345 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
346 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
347 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
348 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
349 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
350 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
351 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
352 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
353 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
354 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
355 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
356 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
358 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
360 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
362 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
363 medium, high, emergency.
364 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
365 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
366 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
367 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
368 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
371 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
372 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
373 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
375 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
376 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
377 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
378 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
379 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
380 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
381 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
384 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
386 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
388 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
389 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
390 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
391 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
393 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
394 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
395 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
396 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
397 debian/rules to do this
398 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
399 patches are incorporated upstream
400 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
401 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
402 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
403 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
404 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
405 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
407 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
408 system closes: Bug#91249
409 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
410 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
411 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
412 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
413 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
414 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
415 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
416 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
417 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
418 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
419 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
420 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
421 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
423 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
425 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
427 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
428 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
429 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
430 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
432 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
433 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
434 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
436 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
439 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
441 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
443 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
444 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
445 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
446 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
447 package for the time being
448 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
449 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
450 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
451 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
452 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
453 * Rename all .text files as .txt
454 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
455 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
456 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
457 Build-Depends arch syntax
458 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
460 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
461 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
463 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
464 from policy maintenance duties.
465 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
466 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
468 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
470 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
472 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
474 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
476 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
478 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
479 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
480 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
481 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
482 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
483 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
484 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
485 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
486 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
487 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
488 minor version number for this
489 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
490 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
491 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
492 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
493 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
494 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
495 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
496 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
497 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
499 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
501 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
503 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
504 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
505 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
506 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
507 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
509 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
511 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
512 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
513 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
514 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
515 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
516 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
517 xutils closes: Bug#82966
518 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
519 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
520 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
521 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
522 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
523 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
524 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
525 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
526 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
529 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
531 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
533 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
534 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
536 * Document the Enhances relationship
537 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
538 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
539 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
540 policy. closes: Bug#53496
541 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
542 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
544 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
546 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
547 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
548 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
549 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
551 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
552 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
553 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
554 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
555 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
557 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
559 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
561 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
562 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
563 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
565 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
566 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
567 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
568 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
569 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
570 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
571 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
572 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
573 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
575 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
577 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
579 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
581 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
582 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
583 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
584 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
585 policy. closes: Bug#64437
586 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
587 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
588 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
589 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
590 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
591 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
592 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
593 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
594 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
595 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
596 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
597 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
598 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
599 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
600 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
601 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
602 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
604 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
605 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
607 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
609 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
611 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
612 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
613 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
614 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
615 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
616 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
617 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
618 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
619 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
620 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
621 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
622 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
623 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
624 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
625 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
626 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
627 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
628 alternative closes: Bug#53755
629 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
630 list closes: Bug#53756
631 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
632 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
633 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
634 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
635 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
636 policy closes: Bug#53760
637 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
638 policy closes: Bug#53761
639 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
640 that use X closes: Bug#53762
641 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
642 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
643 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
644 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
645 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
646 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
647 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
648 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
649 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
651 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
652 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
653 to install with older fileutils.
654 * Installed FHS version 2.1
655 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
656 * Added FHS details to copyright file
657 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
659 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
660 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
662 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
664 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
666 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
667 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
669 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
671 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
673 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
674 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
676 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
679 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
681 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
682 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
684 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
686 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
688 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
690 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
691 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
693 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
695 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
697 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
698 #45561, #42447, #48570)
699 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
700 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
701 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
702 directoried (closes: #41547)
703 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
704 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
705 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
706 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
707 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
708 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
709 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
710 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
711 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
712 package criteria (closes: #45318)
713 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
715 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
716 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
717 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
718 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
719 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
720 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
721 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
723 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
724 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
725 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
726 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
728 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
730 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
732 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
733 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
735 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
737 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
739 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
740 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
742 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
744 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
746 * A few typos and omissions corrected
747 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
749 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
750 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
751 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
752 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
753 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
754 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
755 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
756 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
757 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
758 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
759 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
760 this closes: Bug#38612
761 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
762 before. closes: Bug#40864
764 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
766 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
768 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
770 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
772 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
773 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
774 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
776 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
777 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
778 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
779 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
780 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
781 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
783 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
784 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
785 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
787 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
789 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
790 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
791 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
792 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
793 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
795 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
797 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
799 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
800 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
801 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
802 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
803 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
804 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
805 there). closes: Bug#34233
806 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
807 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
808 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
809 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
810 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
812 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
814 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
816 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
817 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
818 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
819 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
822 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
823 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
824 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
825 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
826 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
829 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
830 number. closes: BUG#25911
832 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
833 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
834 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
835 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
836 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
837 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
839 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
840 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
841 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
844 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
845 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
846 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
848 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
849 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
850 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
851 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
853 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
854 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
855 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
857 * Make the package optional, not extra.
859 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
860 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
861 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
862 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
863 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
864 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
865 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
866 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
869 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
871 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
872 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
875 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
877 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
879 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
881 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
883 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
885 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
886 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
887 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
888 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
889 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
890 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
891 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
892 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
894 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
895 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
897 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
899 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
901 * non-maintainer release
902 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
903 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
905 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
906 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
908 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
910 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
912 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
916 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
918 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
920 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
922 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
923 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
924 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
926 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
927 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
929 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
930 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
931 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
932 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
934 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
935 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
936 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
937 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
938 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
939 and restart options and to comply with the console message
940 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
942 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
943 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
944 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
947 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
948 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
949 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
951 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
952 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
953 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
955 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
956 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
958 * New version numbering scheme:
960 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
961 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
962 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
965 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
966 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
967 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
968 differ between the manuals.
970 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
971 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
972 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
973 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
977 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
978 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
980 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
982 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
984 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
986 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
988 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
989 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
990 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
992 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
993 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
996 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
997 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
998 file extension as the referenced file
1000 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1001 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1003 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1004 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1005 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1006 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1009 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1010 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1011 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1013 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1014 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1015 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1016 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1019 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1020 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1023 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1024 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1025 reasonable default configuration
1027 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1028 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1029 by all news servers and clients
1031 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1032 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1033 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1034 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1035 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1037 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1038 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1041 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1043 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1044 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1046 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1049 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1050 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1052 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1053 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1055 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1057 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1059 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1061 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1062 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1063 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1064 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1066 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1068 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1069 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1070 * Don't use debstd anymore
1072 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1074 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1076 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1077 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1078 contrib/non-free policy
1079 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1080 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1081 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1082 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1083 - new section about `Daemons'
1084 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1085 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1086 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1087 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1088 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1089 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1090 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1091 * SGML source code included in package
1092 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1094 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1096 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1098 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1099 - completely reworked structure
1100 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1101 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1102 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1103 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1104 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1105 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1106 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1107 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1108 - mention "orphaned packages"
1109 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1110 distributions' policy
1111 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1112 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1113 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1114 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1115 - added section about arch spec strings
1116 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1117 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1118 - added section about "menus"
1119 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1120 the new documentation policy soon
1121 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1122 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1124 - added section about editors and pagers
1125 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1126 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1127 - added section about device files
1128 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1129 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1130 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1132 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1133 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1134 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1135 - Added new section about obsolete names
1136 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1137 * Fixed package's description
1139 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1141 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1143 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1145 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1147 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1149 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1150 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1151 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1152 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1154 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1156 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1158 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1159 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1160 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1162 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1163 and upload it "byhand" too.
1165 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1167 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1170 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1171 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1172 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1173 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1174 functionality must not have the same name.
1175 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1176 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1177 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1178 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1179 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1180 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1181 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1183 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1184 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1185 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1186 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1187 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1188 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1189 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1190 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1193 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1195 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1197 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1199 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1200 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1201 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1202 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1203 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1206 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1208 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1210 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1212 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1213 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1214 description of deb file format.
1215 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1216 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1218 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1220 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1221 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1223 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1225 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1227 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1228 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1229 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1230 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1231 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1232 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1233 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1234 packages in section on Procedure
1235 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1236 a package maintainer
1237 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1238 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1239 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1241 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1242 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1243 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1244 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1245 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1246 on various shlib files
1247 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1248 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1249 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1251 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1253 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1255 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1256 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1257 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1259 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1260 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1261 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1262 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1263 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1265 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1267 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1269 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1271 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1273 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1274 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1275 compatibility go in contrib.
1277 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1278 instructions in policy manual.
1279 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1282 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1284 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1286 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1287 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1288 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1289 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1291 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1292 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1295 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1297 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1299 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1300 * More detail about changelog format names.
1302 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1303 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1307 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1309 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1311 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1313 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1315 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1317 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1319 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1321 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1322 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1323 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1325 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1327 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1329 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1331 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1333 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1337 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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