1 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
4 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
5 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
6 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
7 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: bug#72980
8 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
13 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
15 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
16 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
17 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
18 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
19 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
20 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
21 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
22 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
23 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
24 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
25 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
26 details. closes: Bug#133030
27 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
28 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
31 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
33 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
35 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
36 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
37 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
38 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
39 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
40 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
41 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
42 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
43 not. closes: Bug#139820
44 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
45 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
46 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
47 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
48 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
49 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
50 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
51 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
52 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
53 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
55 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
57 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
58 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
59 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
60 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
61 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
62 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
63 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
64 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
65 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
66 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
67 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
68 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
69 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
70 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
71 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
72 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
73 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
74 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
75 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
76 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
78 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
79 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
80 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
81 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
82 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
83 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
84 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
86 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
87 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
88 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
89 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
90 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
91 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
92 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
93 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
94 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
96 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
98 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
100 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
101 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
102 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
103 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
104 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
105 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
106 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
107 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
108 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
109 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
110 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
111 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
112 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
113 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
114 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
115 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
116 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
117 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
118 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
119 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
120 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
121 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
122 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
124 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
126 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
128 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
129 medium, high, emergency.
130 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
131 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
132 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
133 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
134 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
137 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
138 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
139 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
141 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
142 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
143 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
144 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
145 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
146 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
147 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
150 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
152 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
154 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
155 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
156 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
157 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
159 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
160 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
161 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
162 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
163 debian/rules to do this
164 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
165 patches are incorporated upstream
166 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
167 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
168 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
169 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
170 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
171 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
173 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
174 system closes: Bug#91249
175 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
176 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
177 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
178 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
179 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
180 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
181 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
182 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
183 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
184 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
185 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
186 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
187 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
189 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
191 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
193 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
194 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
195 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
196 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
198 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
199 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
200 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
202 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
205 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
207 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
209 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
210 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
211 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
212 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
213 package for the time being
214 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
215 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
216 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
217 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
218 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
219 * Rename all .text files as .txt
220 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
221 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
222 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
223 Build-Depends arch syntax
224 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
226 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
227 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
229 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
230 from policy maintenance duties.
231 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
232 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
234 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
236 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
238 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
240 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
242 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
244 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
245 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
246 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
247 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
248 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
249 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
250 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
251 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
252 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
253 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
254 minor version number for this
255 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
256 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
257 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
258 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
259 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
260 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
261 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
262 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
263 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
265 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
267 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
269 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
270 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
271 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
272 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
273 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
275 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
277 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
278 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
279 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
280 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
281 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
282 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
283 xutils closes: Bug#82966
284 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
285 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
286 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
287 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
288 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
289 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
290 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
291 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
292 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
295 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
297 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
299 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
300 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
302 * Document the Enhances relationship
303 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
304 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
305 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
306 policy. closes: Bug#53496
307 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
308 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
310 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
312 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
313 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
314 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
315 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
317 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
318 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
319 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
320 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
321 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
323 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
325 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
327 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
328 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
329 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
331 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
332 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
333 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
334 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
335 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
336 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
337 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
338 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
339 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
341 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
343 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
345 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
347 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
348 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
349 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
350 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
351 policy. closes: Bug#64437
352 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
353 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
354 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
355 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
356 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
357 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
358 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
359 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
360 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
361 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
362 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
363 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
364 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
365 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
366 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
367 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
368 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
370 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
371 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
373 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
375 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
377 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
378 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
379 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
380 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
381 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
382 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
383 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
384 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
385 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
386 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
387 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
388 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
389 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
390 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
391 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
392 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
393 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
394 alternative closes: Bug#53755
395 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
396 list closes: Bug#53756
397 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
398 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
399 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
400 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
401 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
402 policy closes: Bug#53760
403 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
404 policy closes: Bug#53761
405 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
406 that use X closes: Bug#53762
407 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
408 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
409 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
410 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
411 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
412 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
413 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
414 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
415 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
417 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
418 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
419 to install with older fileutils.
420 * Installed FHS version 2.1
421 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
422 * Added FHS details to copyright file
423 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
425 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
426 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
428 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
430 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
432 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
433 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
435 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
437 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
439 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
440 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
442 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
445 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
447 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
448 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
450 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
452 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
454 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
456 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
457 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
459 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
461 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
463 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
464 #45561, #42447, #48570)
465 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
466 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
467 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
468 directoried (closes: #41547)
469 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
470 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
471 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
472 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
473 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
474 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
475 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
476 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
477 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
478 package criteria (closes: #45318)
479 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
481 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
482 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
483 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
484 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
485 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
486 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
487 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
489 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
490 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
491 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
492 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
494 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
496 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
498 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
499 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
501 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
503 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
505 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
506 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
508 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
510 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
512 * A few typos and omissions corrected
513 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
515 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
516 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
517 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
518 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
519 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
520 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
521 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
522 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
523 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
524 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
525 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
526 this closes: Bug#38612
527 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
528 before. closes: Bug#40864
530 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
532 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
534 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
536 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
538 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
539 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
540 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
542 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
543 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
544 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
545 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
546 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
547 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
549 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
550 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
551 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
553 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
555 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
556 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
557 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
558 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
559 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
561 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
563 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
565 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
566 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
567 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
568 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
569 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
570 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
571 there). closes: Bug#34233
572 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
573 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
574 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
575 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
576 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
578 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
580 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
582 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
583 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
584 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
585 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
588 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
589 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
590 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
591 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
592 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
595 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
596 number. closes: BUG#25911
598 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
599 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
600 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
601 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
602 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
603 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
605 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
606 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
607 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
610 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
611 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
612 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
614 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
615 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
616 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
617 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
619 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
620 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
621 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
623 * Make the package optional, not extra.
625 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
626 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
627 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
628 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
629 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
630 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
631 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
632 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
635 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
637 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
638 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
641 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
643 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
645 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
647 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
649 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
651 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
652 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
653 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
654 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
655 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
656 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
657 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
658 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
660 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
661 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
663 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
665 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
667 * non-maintainer release
668 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
669 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
671 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
672 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
674 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
676 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
678 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
682 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
684 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
686 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
688 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
689 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
690 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
692 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
693 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
695 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
696 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
697 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
698 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
700 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
701 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
702 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
703 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
704 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
705 and restart options and to comply with the console message
706 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
708 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
709 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
710 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
713 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
714 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
715 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
717 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
718 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
719 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
721 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
722 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
724 * New version numbering scheme:
726 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
727 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
728 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
731 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
732 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
733 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
734 differ between the manuals.
736 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
737 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
738 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
739 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
743 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
744 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
746 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
748 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
750 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
752 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
754 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
755 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
756 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
758 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
759 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
762 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
763 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
764 file extension as the referenced file
766 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
767 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
769 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
770 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
771 start, stop, restart, force-reload
772 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
775 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
776 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
777 be installed into /etc/cron.d
779 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
780 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
781 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
782 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
785 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
786 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
789 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
790 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
791 reasonable default configuration
793 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
794 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
795 by all news servers and clients
797 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
798 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
799 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
800 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
801 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
803 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
804 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
807 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
809 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
810 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
812 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
815 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
816 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
818 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
819 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
821 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
823 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
825 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
827 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
828 - X library package is now called xlib6g
829 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
830 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
832 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
834 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
835 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
836 * Don't use debstd anymore
838 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
840 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
842 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
843 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
844 contrib/non-free policy
845 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
846 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
847 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
848 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
849 - new section about `Daemons'
850 - updated section about `Configuration files'
851 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
852 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
853 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
854 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
855 * Paper about libc6 migration:
856 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
857 * SGML source code included in package
858 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
860 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
862 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
864 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
865 - completely reworked structure
866 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
867 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
868 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
869 - removed all those ugly footnotes
870 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
871 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
872 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
873 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
874 - mention "orphaned packages"
875 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
876 distributions' policy
877 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
878 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
879 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
880 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
881 - added section about arch spec strings
882 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
883 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
884 - added section about "menus"
885 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
886 the new documentation policy soon
887 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
888 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
890 - added section about editors and pagers
891 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
892 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
893 - added section about device files
894 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
895 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
896 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
898 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
899 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
900 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
901 - Added new section about obsolete names
902 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
903 * Fixed package's description
905 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
907 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
909 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
911 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
913 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
915 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
916 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
917 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
918 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
920 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
922 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
924 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
925 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
926 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
928 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
929 and upload it "byhand" too.
931 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
933 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
936 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
937 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
938 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
939 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
940 functionality must not have the same name.
941 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
942 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
943 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
944 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
945 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
946 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
947 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
949 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
950 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
951 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
952 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
953 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
954 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
955 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
956 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
959 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
961 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
963 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
965 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
966 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
967 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
968 a package into. (Guy Maor)
969 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
972 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
974 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
976 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
978 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
979 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
980 description of deb file format.
981 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
982 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
984 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
986 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
987 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
989 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
991 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
993 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
994 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
995 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
996 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
997 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
998 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
999 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1000 packages in section on Procedure
1001 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1002 a package maintainer
1003 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1004 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1005 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1007 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1008 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1009 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1010 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1011 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1012 on various shlib files
1013 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1014 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1015 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1017 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1019 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1021 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1022 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1023 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1025 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1026 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1027 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1028 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1029 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1031 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1033 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1035 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1037 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1039 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1040 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1041 compatibility go in contrib.
1043 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1044 instructions in policy manual.
1045 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1048 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1050 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1052 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1053 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1054 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1055 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1057 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1058 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1061 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1063 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1065 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1066 * More detail about changelog format names.
1068 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1069 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1073 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1075 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1077 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1079 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1081 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1083 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1085 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1087 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1088 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1089 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1091 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1093 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1095 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1097 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1099 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1103 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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