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 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
39 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
40 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
41 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
42 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
43 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
44 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
45 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
46 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
47 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
48 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
49 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
50 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
51 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
52 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
53 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
54 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
55 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
56 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
57 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
58 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
59 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
61 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:23:50 -0700
63 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
65 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
66 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
68 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
70 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
72 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
73 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
74 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
75 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
76 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
77 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
78 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
79 Millan (Closes: #209008).
80 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
81 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
83 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
85 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
87 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
88 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
89 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
90 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
91 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
92 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
93 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
95 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
96 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
97 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
98 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
100 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
101 Küster (Closes: #403391).
102 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
103 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
104 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
105 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
106 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
107 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
108 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
109 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
110 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
111 Closes: #186700, #458910
112 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
113 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
114 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
116 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
117 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
118 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
119 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
120 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
121 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
122 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
123 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
125 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
126 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
128 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
129 * Add an md5sums control file.
130 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
131 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
132 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
133 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
134 currently part of policy.
135 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
136 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
137 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
140 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
142 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
144 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
145 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
146 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
147 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
148 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
149 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
150 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
151 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
152 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
153 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
154 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
155 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
156 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
157 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
158 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
159 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
161 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
163 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
164 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
165 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
167 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
168 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
169 list?" (Closes: #412634).
170 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
171 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
172 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
173 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
174 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
175 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
176 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
177 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
178 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
179 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
180 debconf specification.
181 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
182 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
184 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
186 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
188 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
189 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
190 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
191 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
192 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
194 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
196 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
197 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
198 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
199 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
200 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
202 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
203 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
204 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
205 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
206 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
207 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
208 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
209 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
210 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
211 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
212 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
213 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
214 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
215 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
216 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
217 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
219 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
221 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
222 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
223 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
224 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
225 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
226 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
227 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
228 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
230 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
232 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
234 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
235 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
236 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
237 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
238 Polo (Closes: #372497).
239 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
240 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
242 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
243 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
244 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
245 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
246 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
247 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
248 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
249 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
250 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
251 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
253 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
254 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
255 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
256 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
257 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
258 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
260 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
262 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
264 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
265 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
266 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
267 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
269 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
270 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
272 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
274 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
276 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
277 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
278 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
279 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
280 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
281 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
282 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
283 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
284 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
285 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
287 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
288 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
289 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
290 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
291 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
292 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
293 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
294 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
295 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
296 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
297 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
300 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
302 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
304 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
305 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
306 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
307 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
308 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
309 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
310 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
311 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
312 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
313 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
314 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
315 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
316 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
317 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
318 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
319 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
320 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
321 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
322 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
323 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
324 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
325 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
326 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
327 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
328 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
329 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
330 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
331 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
333 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
334 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
335 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
336 Hess (Closes: #362247).
337 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
338 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
339 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
340 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
341 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
342 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
343 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
344 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
345 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
346 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
347 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
348 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
350 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
351 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
353 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
354 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
355 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
356 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
357 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
358 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
359 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
360 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
361 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
362 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
363 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
365 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
367 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
370 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
371 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
372 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
373 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
374 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
375 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
376 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
377 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
378 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
379 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
380 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
381 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
382 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
384 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
385 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
386 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
387 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
388 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
389 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
390 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
391 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
392 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
393 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
394 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
395 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
396 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
397 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
398 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
399 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
400 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
401 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
402 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
405 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
407 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
409 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
410 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
411 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
412 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
414 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
415 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
416 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
417 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
419 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
421 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
424 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
425 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
426 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
427 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
428 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
429 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
430 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
431 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
432 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
433 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
435 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
436 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
437 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
439 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
440 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
441 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
442 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
443 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
444 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
445 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
447 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
448 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
449 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
450 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
452 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
453 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
454 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
455 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
456 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
457 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
458 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
459 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
461 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
462 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
463 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
464 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
465 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
466 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
467 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
468 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
469 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
470 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
471 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
472 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
473 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
474 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
475 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
476 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
477 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
479 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
481 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
484 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
485 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
486 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
487 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
488 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
489 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
490 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
491 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
492 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
494 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
495 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
496 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
497 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
498 this section. closes: Bug#248618
499 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
500 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
501 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
502 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
503 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
504 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
505 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
506 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
507 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
508 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
509 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
510 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
512 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
513 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
514 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
517 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
518 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
519 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
521 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
522 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
523 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
524 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
525 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
526 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
528 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
529 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
531 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
532 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
533 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
534 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
535 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
536 Closes: #185943, #237049
538 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
540 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
543 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
546 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
547 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
548 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
549 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
550 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
551 running. closes: Bug#187250
552 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
553 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
554 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
555 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
556 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
557 user closes: Bug#176506
559 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
561 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
564 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
565 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
566 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
567 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
568 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
569 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
570 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
571 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
572 deb-building toolchain.
573 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
574 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
575 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
576 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
577 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
578 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
579 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
580 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
581 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
582 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
583 sections about changelog files.
585 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
586 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
587 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
588 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
589 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
590 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
592 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
593 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
594 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
595 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
596 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
597 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
598 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
599 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
600 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
601 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
602 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
603 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
604 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
605 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
606 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
607 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
608 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
609 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
610 for the restructuring
612 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
614 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
617 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
619 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
620 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
621 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
622 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
623 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
624 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
626 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
627 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
628 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
629 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
630 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
631 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
632 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
634 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
635 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
636 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
637 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
639 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
641 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
644 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
645 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
646 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
647 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
648 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
649 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
651 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
652 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
653 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
654 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
656 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
657 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
658 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
659 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
660 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
661 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
662 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
663 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
664 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
666 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
667 script should start it, closes: #60979
668 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
669 "should", closes: #170019
670 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
671 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
672 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
673 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
674 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
675 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
676 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
677 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
680 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
682 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
685 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
686 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
687 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
688 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
689 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
690 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
691 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
692 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
693 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
695 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
696 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
697 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
698 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
699 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
700 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
701 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
702 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
703 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
705 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
706 file, closes: Bug#65764
708 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
710 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
712 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
713 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
714 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
715 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
716 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
717 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
718 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
719 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
720 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
721 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
722 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
723 details. closes: Bug#133030
724 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
725 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
728 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
730 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
732 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
733 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
734 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
735 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
736 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
737 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
738 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
739 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
740 not. closes: Bug#139820
741 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
742 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
743 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
744 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
745 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
746 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
747 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
748 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
749 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
750 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
752 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
754 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
755 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
756 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
757 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
758 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
759 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
760 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
761 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
762 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
763 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
764 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
765 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
766 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
767 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
768 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
769 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
770 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
771 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
772 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
773 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
775 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
776 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
777 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
778 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
779 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
780 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
781 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
783 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
784 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
785 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
786 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
787 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
788 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
789 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
790 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
791 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
793 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
795 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
797 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
798 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
799 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
800 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
801 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
802 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
803 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
804 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
805 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
806 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
807 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
808 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
809 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
810 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
811 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
812 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
813 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
814 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
815 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
816 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
817 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
818 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
819 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
821 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
823 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
825 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
826 medium, high, emergency.
827 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
828 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
829 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
830 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
831 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
834 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
835 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
836 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
838 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
839 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
840 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
841 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
842 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
843 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
844 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
847 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
849 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
851 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
852 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
853 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
854 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
856 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
857 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
858 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
859 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
860 debian/rules to do this
861 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
862 patches are incorporated upstream
863 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
864 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
865 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
866 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
867 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
868 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
870 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
871 system closes: Bug#91249
872 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
873 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
874 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
875 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
876 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
877 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
878 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
879 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
880 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
881 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
882 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
883 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
884 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
886 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
888 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
890 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
891 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
892 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
893 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
895 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
896 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
897 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
899 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
902 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
904 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
906 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
907 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
908 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
909 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
910 package for the time being
911 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
912 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
913 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
914 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
915 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
916 * Rename all .text files as .txt
917 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
918 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
919 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
920 Build-Depends arch syntax
921 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
923 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
924 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
926 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
927 from policy maintenance duties.
928 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
929 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
931 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
933 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
935 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
937 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
939 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
941 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
942 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
943 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
944 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
945 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
946 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
947 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
948 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
949 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
950 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
951 minor version number for this
952 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
953 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
954 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
955 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
956 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
957 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
958 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
959 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
960 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
962 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
964 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
966 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
967 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
968 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
969 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
970 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
972 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
974 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
975 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
976 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
977 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
978 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
979 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
980 xutils closes: Bug#82966
981 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
982 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
983 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
984 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
985 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
986 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
987 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
988 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
989 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
992 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
994 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
996 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
997 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
999 * Document the Enhances relationship
1000 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1001 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1002 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1003 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1004 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1005 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1007 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1009 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1010 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1011 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1012 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1014 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1015 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1016 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1017 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1018 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1020 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1022 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1024 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1025 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1026 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1028 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1029 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1030 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1031 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1032 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1033 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1034 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1035 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1036 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1038 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1040 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1042 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1044 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1045 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1046 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1047 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1048 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1049 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1050 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1051 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1052 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1053 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1054 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1055 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1056 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1057 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1058 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1059 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1060 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1061 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1062 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1063 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1064 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1065 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1067 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1068 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1070 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1072 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1074 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1075 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1076 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1077 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1078 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1079 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1080 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1081 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1082 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1083 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1084 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1085 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1086 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1087 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1088 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1089 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1090 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1091 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1092 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1093 list closes: Bug#53756
1094 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1095 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1096 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1097 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1098 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1099 policy closes: Bug#53760
1100 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1101 policy closes: Bug#53761
1102 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1103 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1104 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1105 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1106 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1107 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1108 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1109 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1110 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1111 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1112 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1114 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1115 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1116 to install with older fileutils.
1117 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1118 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1119 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1120 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1122 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1123 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1125 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1127 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1129 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1130 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1132 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1134 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1136 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1137 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1139 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1142 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1144 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1145 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1147 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1149 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1151 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1153 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1154 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1156 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1158 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1160 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1161 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1162 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1163 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1164 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1165 directoried (closes: #41547)
1166 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1167 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1168 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1169 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1170 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1171 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1172 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1173 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1174 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1175 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1176 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1178 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1179 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1180 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1181 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1182 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1183 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1184 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1186 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1187 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1188 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1189 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1191 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1193 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1195 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1196 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1198 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1200 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1202 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1203 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1205 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1207 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1209 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1210 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1212 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1213 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1214 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1215 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1216 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1217 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1218 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1219 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1220 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1221 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1222 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1223 this closes: Bug#38612
1224 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1225 before. closes: Bug#40864
1227 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1229 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1231 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1232 officially uploaded.
1233 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1235 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1236 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1237 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1239 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1240 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1241 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1242 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1243 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1244 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1246 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1247 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1248 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1250 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1252 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1253 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1254 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1255 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1256 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1258 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1260 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1262 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1263 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1264 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1265 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1266 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1267 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1268 there). closes: Bug#34233
1269 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1270 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1271 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1272 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1273 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1275 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1277 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1279 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1280 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1281 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1282 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1285 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1286 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1287 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1288 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1289 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1292 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1293 number. closes: BUG#25911
1295 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1296 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1297 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1298 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1299 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1300 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1302 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1303 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1304 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1307 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1308 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1309 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1311 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1312 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1313 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1314 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1316 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1317 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1318 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1320 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1322 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1323 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1324 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1325 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1326 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1327 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1328 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1329 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1332 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1334 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1335 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1338 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1340 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1342 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1344 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1346 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1348 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1349 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1350 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1351 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1352 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1353 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1354 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1355 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1357 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1358 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1360 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1362 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1364 * non-maintainer release
1365 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1366 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1368 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1369 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1370 * no content changes
1371 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1373 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1375 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1379 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1381 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1383 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1385 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1386 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1387 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1389 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1390 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1392 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1393 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1394 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1395 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1397 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1398 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1399 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1400 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1401 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1402 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1403 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1405 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1406 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1407 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1410 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1411 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1412 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1414 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1415 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1416 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1418 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1419 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1421 * New version numbering scheme:
1423 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1424 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1425 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1428 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1429 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1430 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1431 differ between the manuals.
1433 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1434 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1435 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1436 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1438 * Packaging changes:
1440 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1441 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1443 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1445 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1447 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1449 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1451 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1452 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1453 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1455 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1456 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1459 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1460 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1461 file extension as the referenced file
1463 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1464 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1466 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1467 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1468 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1469 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1472 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1473 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1474 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1476 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1477 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1478 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1479 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1482 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1483 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1486 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1487 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1488 reasonable default configuration
1490 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1491 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1492 by all news servers and clients
1494 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1495 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1496 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1497 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1498 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1500 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1501 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1504 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1506 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1507 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1509 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1512 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1513 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1515 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1516 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1518 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1520 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1522 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1524 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1525 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1526 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1527 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1529 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1531 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1532 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1533 * Don't use debstd anymore
1535 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1537 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1539 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1540 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1541 contrib/non-free policy
1542 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1543 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1544 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1545 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1546 - new section about `Daemons'
1547 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1548 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1549 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1550 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1551 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1552 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1553 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1554 * SGML source code included in package
1555 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1557 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1559 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1561 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1562 - completely reworked structure
1563 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1564 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1565 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1566 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1567 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1568 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1569 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1570 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1571 - mention "orphaned packages"
1572 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1573 distributions' policy
1574 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1575 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1576 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1577 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1578 - added section about arch spec strings
1579 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1580 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1581 - added section about "menus"
1582 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1583 the new documentation policy soon
1584 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1585 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1587 - added section about editors and pagers
1588 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1589 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1590 - added section about device files
1591 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1592 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1593 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1595 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1596 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1597 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1598 - Added new section about obsolete names
1599 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1600 * Fixed package's description
1602 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1604 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1606 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1608 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1610 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1612 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1613 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1614 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1615 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1617 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1619 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1621 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1622 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1623 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1625 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1626 and upload it "byhand" too.
1628 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1630 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1633 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1634 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1635 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1636 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1637 functionality must not have the same name.
1638 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1639 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1640 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1641 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1642 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1643 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1644 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1646 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1647 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1648 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1649 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1650 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1651 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1652 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1653 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1656 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1658 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1660 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1662 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1663 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1664 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1665 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1666 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1669 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1671 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1673 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1675 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1676 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1677 description of deb file format.
1678 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1679 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1681 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1683 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1684 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1686 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1688 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1690 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1691 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1692 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1693 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1694 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1695 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1696 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1697 packages in section on Procedure
1698 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1699 a package maintainer
1700 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1701 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1702 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1704 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1705 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1706 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1707 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1708 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1709 on various shlib files
1710 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1711 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1712 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1714 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1716 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1718 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1719 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1720 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1722 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1723 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1724 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1725 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1726 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1728 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1730 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1732 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1734 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1736 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1737 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1738 compatibility go in contrib.
1740 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1741 instructions in policy manual.
1742 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1745 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1747 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1749 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1750 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1751 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1752 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1754 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1755 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1758 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1760 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1762 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1763 * More detail about changelog format names.
1765 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1766 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1770 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1772 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1774 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1776 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1778 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1780 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1782 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1784 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1785 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1786 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1788 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1790 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1792 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1794 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1796 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1800 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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