1 debian-policy (3.5.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
4 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
5 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
6 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
7 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
8 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
12 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
14 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
15 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
16 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
17 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
18 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
20 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
22 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
23 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
24 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
25 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
26 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
27 * document the fact that x font utilities have moved to the package
28 xutils, closes: Bug#82966
29 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
30 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
31 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
32 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
33 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
34 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
35 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
36 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
37 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
40 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
42 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
44 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
45 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
47 * Document the Enhances relationship
48 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
49 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
50 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
51 policy. closes: Bug#53496
52 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
53 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
55 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
57 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
58 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
59 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
60 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
62 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
63 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
64 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
65 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
66 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
68 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
70 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
72 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
73 * Incorporate the packaging manual. The minimal change in version number
74 i because I suspect that this version is going to be buggy.
75 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
76 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
77 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
78 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
79 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
80 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
81 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
82 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
83 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
85 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
87 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
89 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
91 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
92 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
93 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
94 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
95 policy. closes: Bug#64437
96 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
97 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
98 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
99 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
100 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
101 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
102 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
103 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
104 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
105 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
106 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
107 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
108 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
109 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
110 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
111 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
112 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
114 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
115 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
117 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
119 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
121 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
122 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
123 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
124 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
125 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
126 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
127 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
128 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
129 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
130 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
131 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
132 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
133 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
134 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
135 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
136 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
137 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
138 alternative closes: Bug#53755
139 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
140 list closes: Bug#53756
141 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
142 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
143 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
144 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
145 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
146 policy closes: Bug#53760
147 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
148 policy closes: Bug#53761
149 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
150 that use X closes: Bug#53762
151 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
152 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
153 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
154 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
155 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
156 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
157 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
158 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
159 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
161 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
162 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
163 to install with older fileutils.
164 * Installed FHS version 2.1
165 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
166 * Added FHS details to copyright file
167 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
169 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
170 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
172 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
174 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
176 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
177 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
179 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
181 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
183 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
184 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
186 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
189 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
191 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
192 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
194 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
196 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
198 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
200 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
201 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
203 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
205 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
207 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
208 #45561, #42447, #48570)
209 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
210 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
211 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
212 directoried (closes: #41547)
213 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
214 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
215 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
216 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
217 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
218 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
219 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
220 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
221 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
222 package criteria (closes: #45318)
223 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
225 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
226 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
227 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
228 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
229 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
230 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
231 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
233 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
234 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
235 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
236 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
238 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
240 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
242 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
243 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
245 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
247 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
249 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
250 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
252 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
254 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
256 * A few typos and omissions corrected
257 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
259 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
260 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
261 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
262 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
263 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
264 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
265 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
266 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
267 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
268 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
269 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
270 this closes: Bug#38612
271 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
272 before. closes: Bug#40864
274 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
276 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
278 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
280 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
282 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
283 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
284 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
286 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
287 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
288 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
289 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
290 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
291 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
293 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
294 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
295 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
297 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
299 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
300 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
301 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
302 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
303 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
305 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
307 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
309 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
310 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
311 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
312 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
313 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
314 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
315 there). closes: Bug#34233
316 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
317 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
318 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
319 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
320 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
322 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
324 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
326 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
327 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
328 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
329 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
332 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
333 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
334 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
335 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
336 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
339 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
340 number. closes: BUG#25911
342 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
343 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
344 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
345 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
346 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
347 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
349 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
350 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
351 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
354 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
355 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
356 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
358 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
359 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
360 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
361 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
363 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
364 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
365 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
367 * Make the package optional, not extra.
369 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
370 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
371 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
372 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
373 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
374 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
375 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
376 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
379 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
381 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
382 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
385 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
387 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
389 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
391 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
393 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
395 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
396 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
397 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
398 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
399 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
400 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
401 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
402 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
404 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
405 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
407 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
409 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
411 * non-maintainer release
412 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
413 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
415 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
416 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
418 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
420 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
422 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
426 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
428 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
430 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
432 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
433 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
434 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
436 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
437 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
439 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
440 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
441 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
442 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
444 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
445 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
446 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
447 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
448 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
449 and restart options and to comply with the console message
450 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
452 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
453 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
454 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
457 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
458 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
459 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
461 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
462 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
463 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
465 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
466 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
468 * New version numbering scheme:
470 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
471 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
472 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
475 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
476 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
477 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
478 differ between the manuals.
480 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
481 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
482 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
483 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
487 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
488 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
490 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
492 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
494 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
496 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
498 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
499 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
500 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
502 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
503 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
506 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
507 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
508 file extension as the referenced file
510 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
511 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
513 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
514 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
515 start, stop, restart, force-reload
516 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
519 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
520 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
521 be installed into /etc/cron.d
523 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
524 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
525 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
526 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
529 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
530 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
533 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
534 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
535 reasonable default configuration
537 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
538 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
539 by all news servers and clients
541 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
542 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
543 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
544 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
545 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
547 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
548 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
551 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
553 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
554 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
556 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
559 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
560 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
562 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
563 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
565 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
567 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
569 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
571 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
572 - X library package is now called xlib6g
573 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
574 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
576 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
578 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
579 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
580 * Don't use debstd anymore
582 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
584 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
586 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
587 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
588 contrib/non-free policy
589 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
590 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
591 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
592 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
593 - new section about `Daemons'
594 - updated section about `Configuration files'
595 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
596 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
597 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
598 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
599 * Paper about libc6 migration:
600 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
601 * SGML source code included in package
602 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
604 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
606 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
608 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
609 - completely reworked structure
610 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
611 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
612 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
613 - removed all those ugly footnotes
614 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
615 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
616 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
617 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
618 - mention "orphaned packages"
619 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
620 distributions' policy
621 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
622 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
623 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
624 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
625 - added section about arch spec strings
626 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
627 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
628 - added section about "menus"
629 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
630 the new documentation policy soon
631 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
632 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
634 - added section about editors and pagers
635 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
636 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
637 - added section about device files
638 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
639 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
640 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
642 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
643 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
644 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
645 - Added new section about obsolete names
646 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
647 * Fixed package's description
649 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
651 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
653 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
655 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
657 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
659 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
660 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
661 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
662 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
664 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
666 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
668 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
669 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
670 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
672 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
673 and upload it "byhand" too.
675 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
677 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
680 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
681 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
682 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
683 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
684 functionality must not have the same name.
685 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
686 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
687 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
688 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
689 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
690 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
691 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
693 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
694 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
695 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
696 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
697 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
698 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
699 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
700 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
703 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
705 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
707 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
709 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
710 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
711 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
712 a package into. (Guy Maor)
713 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
716 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
718 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
720 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
722 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
723 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
724 description of deb file format.
725 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
726 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
728 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
730 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
731 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
733 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
735 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
737 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
738 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
739 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
740 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
741 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
742 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
743 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
744 packages in section on Procedure
745 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
747 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
748 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
749 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
751 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
752 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
753 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
754 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
755 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
756 on various shlib files
757 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
758 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
759 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
761 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
763 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
765 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
766 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
767 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
769 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
770 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
771 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
772 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
773 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
775 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
777 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
779 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
781 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
783 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
784 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
785 compatibility go in contrib.
787 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
788 instructions in policy manual.
789 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
792 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
794 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
796 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
797 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
798 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
799 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
801 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
802 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
805 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
807 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
809 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
810 * More detail about changelog format names.
812 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
813 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
817 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
819 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
821 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
823 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
825 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
827 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
829 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
831 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
832 * More verbosity about netiquette.
833 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
835 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
837 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
839 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
841 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
843 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
847 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
850 mode: debian-changelog