1 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
7 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
9 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
10 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
14 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
15 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
19 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
20 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
22 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
24 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
25 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
27 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
29 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
30 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
32 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
34 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
35 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
36 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
37 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
39 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
40 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
41 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
42 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
44 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
45 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
46 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
47 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
49 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
50 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
51 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
53 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
55 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
56 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
57 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
58 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
59 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
61 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
63 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
64 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
65 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
66 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
67 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
68 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
69 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
71 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:34:54 -0700
73 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
76 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
79 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
82 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
83 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
84 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
85 and distribution license' (three times).
86 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
87 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
88 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
89 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
90 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
92 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
94 Proposed by Santiago Vila
95 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
96 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
97 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
98 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
102 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
103 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
105 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
107 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
108 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
109 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
110 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
111 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
112 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
114 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
115 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
116 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
117 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
119 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
120 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
121 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
122 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
123 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
125 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
126 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
127 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
128 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
129 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
131 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
132 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
133 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
134 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
135 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
137 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
138 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
139 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
140 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
142 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
143 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
145 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
146 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
148 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
149 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
150 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
151 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
153 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
154 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
155 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
156 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
158 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
159 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
160 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
161 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
162 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
164 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
165 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
166 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
167 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
169 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
170 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
171 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
172 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
173 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
175 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
176 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
177 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
178 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
180 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
181 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
182 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
183 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
184 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
185 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
186 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
187 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
188 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
189 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
190 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
191 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
192 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
193 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
194 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
195 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
196 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
197 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
198 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
199 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
200 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
201 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
202 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
203 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
204 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
205 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
206 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
207 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
208 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
209 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
210 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
211 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
213 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
215 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
217 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
220 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
221 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
223 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
224 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
228 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
231 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
232 Wording: Steve Langasek.
233 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
234 Seconded: Julien Cristau
235 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
238 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
239 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
240 Seconded: Russ Allbery
241 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
244 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
245 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
246 Seconded: Russ Allbery
248 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
249 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
250 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
251 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
252 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
253 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
254 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
255 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
256 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
258 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
259 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
260 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
261 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
262 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
263 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
264 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
265 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
266 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
267 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
268 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
269 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
270 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
271 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
272 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
273 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
275 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
276 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
277 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
278 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
279 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
281 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
284 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
285 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
286 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
287 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
288 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
289 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
292 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
294 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
296 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
297 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
298 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
299 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
301 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
302 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
303 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
304 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
306 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
307 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
308 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
309 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
311 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
312 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
313 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
314 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
315 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
316 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
318 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
319 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
320 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
321 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
322 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
324 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
325 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
326 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
327 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
329 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
330 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
331 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
332 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
334 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
335 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
336 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
337 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
339 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
340 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
341 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
342 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
344 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
345 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
346 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
347 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
349 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
350 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
351 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
352 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
353 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
354 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
355 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
356 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
357 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
358 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
359 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
360 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
361 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
362 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
363 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
365 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
366 Source field descriptions.
367 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
368 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
369 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
370 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
371 description says otherwise.
373 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
375 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
378 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
379 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
380 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
381 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
382 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
383 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
385 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
386 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
387 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
388 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
390 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
391 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
392 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
393 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
395 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
396 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
397 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
398 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
400 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
401 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
402 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
403 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
407 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
408 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
409 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
410 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
411 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
413 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
414 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
415 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
416 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
418 * Add myself to Uploaders.
421 * Add myself to Uploaders.
422 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
424 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
425 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
426 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
428 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
430 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
432 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
433 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
434 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
435 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
437 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
438 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
439 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
440 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
442 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
443 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
444 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
445 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
447 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
448 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
449 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
450 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
452 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
453 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
454 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
455 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
457 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
458 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
459 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
460 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
462 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
463 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
464 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
465 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
467 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
468 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
469 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
470 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
472 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
473 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
474 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
475 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
477 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
478 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
479 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
480 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
482 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
483 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
484 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
485 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
486 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
488 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
489 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
490 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
491 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
492 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
493 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
494 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
495 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
496 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
497 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
498 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
499 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
500 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
501 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
502 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
503 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
504 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
505 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
506 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
507 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
508 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
509 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
510 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
511 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
512 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
513 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
514 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
515 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
516 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
517 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
519 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
520 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
521 links was completed long ago.
522 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
524 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
526 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
528 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
529 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
531 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
533 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
535 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
536 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
537 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
538 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
539 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
540 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
541 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
542 Millan (Closes: #209008).
543 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
544 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
546 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
548 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
550 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
551 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
552 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
553 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
554 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
555 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
556 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
558 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
559 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
560 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
561 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
563 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
564 Küster (Closes: #403391).
565 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
566 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
567 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
568 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
569 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
570 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
571 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
572 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
573 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
574 Closes: #186700, #458910
575 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
576 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
577 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
579 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
580 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
581 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
582 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
583 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
584 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
585 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
586 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
588 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
589 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
591 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
592 * Add an md5sums control file.
593 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
594 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
595 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
596 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
597 currently part of policy.
598 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
599 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
600 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
603 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
605 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
607 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
608 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
609 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
610 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
611 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
612 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
613 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
614 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
615 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
616 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
617 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
618 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
619 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
620 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
621 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
622 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
624 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
626 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
627 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
628 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
630 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
631 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
632 list?" (Closes: #412634).
633 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
634 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
635 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
636 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
637 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
638 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
639 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
640 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
641 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
642 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
643 debconf specification.
644 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
645 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
647 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
649 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
651 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
652 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
653 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
654 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
655 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
657 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
659 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
660 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
661 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
662 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
663 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
665 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
666 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
667 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
668 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
669 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
670 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
671 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
672 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
673 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
674 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
675 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
676 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
677 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
678 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
679 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
680 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
682 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
684 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
685 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
686 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
687 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
688 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
689 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
690 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
691 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
693 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
695 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
697 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
698 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
699 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
700 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
701 Polo (Closes: #372497).
702 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
703 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
705 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
706 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
707 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
708 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
709 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
710 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
711 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
712 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
713 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
714 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
716 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
717 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
718 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
719 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
720 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
721 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
723 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
725 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
727 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
728 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
729 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
730 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
732 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
733 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
735 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
737 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
739 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
740 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
741 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
742 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
743 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
744 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
745 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
746 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
747 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
748 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
750 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
751 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
752 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
753 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
754 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
755 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
756 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
757 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
758 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
759 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
760 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
763 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
765 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
767 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
768 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
769 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
770 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
771 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
772 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
773 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
774 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
775 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
776 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
777 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
778 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
779 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
780 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
781 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
782 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
783 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
784 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
785 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
786 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
787 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
788 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
789 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
790 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
791 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
792 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
793 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
794 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
796 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
797 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
798 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
799 Hess (Closes: #362247).
800 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
801 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
802 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
803 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
804 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
805 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
806 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
807 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
808 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
809 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
810 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
811 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
813 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
814 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
816 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
817 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
818 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
819 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
820 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
821 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
822 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
823 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
824 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
825 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
826 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
828 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
830 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
833 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
834 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
835 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
836 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
837 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
838 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
839 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
840 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
841 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
842 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
843 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
844 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
845 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
847 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
848 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
849 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
850 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
851 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
852 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
853 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
854 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
855 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
856 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
857 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
858 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
859 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
860 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
861 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
862 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
863 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
864 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
865 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
868 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
870 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
872 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
873 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
874 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
875 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
877 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
878 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
879 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
880 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
882 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
884 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
887 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
888 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
889 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
890 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
891 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
892 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
893 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
894 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
895 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
896 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
898 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
899 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
900 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
902 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
903 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
904 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
905 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
906 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
907 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
908 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
910 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
911 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
912 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
913 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
915 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
916 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
917 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
918 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
919 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
920 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
921 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
922 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
924 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
925 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
926 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
927 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
928 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
929 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
930 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
931 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
932 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
933 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
934 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
935 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
936 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
937 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
938 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
939 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
940 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
942 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
944 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
947 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
948 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
949 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
950 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
951 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
952 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
953 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
954 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
955 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
957 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
958 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
959 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
960 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
961 this section. closes: Bug#248618
962 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
963 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
964 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
965 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
966 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
967 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
968 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
969 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
970 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
971 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
972 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
973 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
975 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
976 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
977 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
980 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
981 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
982 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
984 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
985 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
986 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
987 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
988 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
989 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
991 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
992 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
994 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
995 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
996 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
997 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
998 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
999 Closes: #185943, #237049
1001 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1003 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1006 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1009 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1010 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1011 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1012 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1013 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1014 running. closes: Bug#187250
1015 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1016 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1017 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1018 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1019 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1020 user closes: Bug#176506
1022 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1024 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1027 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1028 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1029 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1030 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1031 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1032 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1033 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1034 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1035 deb-building toolchain.
1036 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1037 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1038 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1039 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1040 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1041 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1042 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1043 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1044 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1045 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1046 sections about changelog files.
1048 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1049 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1050 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1051 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1052 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1053 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1055 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1056 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1057 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1058 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1059 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1060 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1061 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1062 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1063 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1064 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1065 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1066 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1067 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1068 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1069 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1070 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1071 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1072 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1073 for the restructuring
1075 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1077 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1080 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1082 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1083 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1084 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1085 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1086 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1087 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1089 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1090 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1091 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1092 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1093 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1094 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1095 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1097 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1098 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1099 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1100 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1102 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1104 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1107 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1108 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1109 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1110 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1111 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1112 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1114 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1115 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1116 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1117 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1119 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1120 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1121 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1122 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1123 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1124 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1125 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1126 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1127 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1128 offtopic stuff, too.
1129 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1130 script should start it, closes: #60979
1131 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1132 "should", closes: #170019
1133 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1134 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1135 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1136 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1137 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1138 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1139 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1140 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1143 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1145 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1148 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1149 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1150 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1151 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1152 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1153 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1154 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1155 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1156 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1158 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1159 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1160 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1161 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1162 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1163 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1164 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1165 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1166 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1168 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1169 file, closes: Bug#65764
1171 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1173 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1175 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1176 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1177 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1178 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1179 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1180 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1181 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1182 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1183 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1184 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1185 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1186 details. closes: Bug#133030
1187 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1188 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1189 parts of Bug#161455.
1191 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1193 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1195 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1196 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1197 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1198 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1199 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1200 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1201 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1202 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1203 not. closes: Bug#139820
1204 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1205 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1206 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1207 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1208 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1209 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1210 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1211 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1212 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1213 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1215 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1217 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1218 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1219 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1220 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1221 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1222 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1223 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1224 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1225 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1226 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1227 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1228 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1229 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1230 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1231 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1232 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1233 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1234 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1235 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1236 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1238 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1239 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1240 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1241 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1242 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1243 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1244 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1246 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1247 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1248 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1249 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1250 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1251 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1252 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1253 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1254 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1256 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1258 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1260 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1261 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1262 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1263 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1264 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1265 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1266 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1267 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1268 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1269 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1270 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1271 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1272 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1273 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1274 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1275 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1276 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1277 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1278 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1279 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1280 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1281 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1282 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1284 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1286 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1288 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1289 medium, high, emergency.
1290 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1291 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1292 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1293 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1294 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1297 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1298 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1299 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1301 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1302 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1303 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1304 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1305 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1306 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1307 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1310 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1312 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1314 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1315 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1316 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1317 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1319 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1320 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1321 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1322 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1323 debian/rules to do this
1324 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1325 patches are incorporated upstream
1326 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1327 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1328 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1329 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1330 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1331 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1333 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1334 system closes: Bug#91249
1335 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1336 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1337 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1338 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1339 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1340 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1341 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1342 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1343 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1344 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1345 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1346 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1347 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1349 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1351 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1353 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1354 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1355 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1356 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1358 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1359 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1360 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1362 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1365 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1367 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1369 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1370 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1371 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1372 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1373 package for the time being
1374 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1375 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1376 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1377 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1378 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1379 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1380 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1381 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1382 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1383 Build-Depends arch syntax
1384 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1386 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1387 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1389 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1390 from policy maintenance duties.
1391 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1392 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1394 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1396 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1398 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1400 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1402 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1404 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1405 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1406 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1407 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1408 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1409 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1410 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1411 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1412 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1413 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1414 minor version number for this
1415 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1416 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1417 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1418 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1419 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1420 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1421 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1422 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1423 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1425 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1427 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1429 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1430 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1431 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1432 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1433 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1435 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1437 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1438 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1439 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1440 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1441 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1442 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1443 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1444 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1445 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1446 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1447 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1448 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1449 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1450 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1451 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1452 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1455 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1457 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1459 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1460 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1462 * Document the Enhances relationship
1463 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1464 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1465 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1466 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1467 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1468 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1470 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1472 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1473 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1474 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1475 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1477 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1478 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1479 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1480 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1481 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1483 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1485 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1487 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1488 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1489 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1491 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1492 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1493 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1494 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1495 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1496 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1497 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1498 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1499 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1501 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1503 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1505 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1507 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1508 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1509 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1510 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1511 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1512 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1513 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1514 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1515 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1516 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1517 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1518 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1519 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1520 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1521 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1522 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1523 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1524 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1525 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1526 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1527 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1528 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1530 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1531 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1533 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1535 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1537 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1538 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1539 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1540 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1541 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1542 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1543 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1544 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1545 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1546 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1547 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1548 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1549 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1550 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1551 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1552 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1553 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1554 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1555 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1556 list closes: Bug#53756
1557 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1558 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1559 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1560 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1561 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1562 policy closes: Bug#53760
1563 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1564 policy closes: Bug#53761
1565 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1566 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1567 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1568 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1569 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1570 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1571 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1572 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1573 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1574 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1575 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1577 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1578 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1579 to install with older fileutils.
1580 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1581 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1582 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1583 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1585 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1586 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1588 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1590 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1592 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1593 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1595 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1597 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1599 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1600 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1602 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1605 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1607 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1608 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1610 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1612 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1614 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1616 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1617 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1619 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1621 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1623 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1624 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1625 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1626 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1627 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1628 directoried (closes: #41547)
1629 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1630 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1631 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1632 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1633 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1634 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1635 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1636 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1637 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1638 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1639 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1641 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1642 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1643 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1644 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1645 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1646 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1647 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1649 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1650 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1651 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1652 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1654 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1656 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1658 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1659 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1661 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1663 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1665 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1666 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1668 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1670 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1672 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1673 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1675 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1676 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1677 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1678 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1679 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1680 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1681 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1682 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1683 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1684 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1685 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1686 this closes: Bug#38612
1687 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1688 before. closes: Bug#40864
1690 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1692 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1694 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1695 officially uploaded.
1696 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1698 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1699 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1700 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1702 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1703 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1704 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1705 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1706 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1707 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1709 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1710 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1711 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1713 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1715 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1716 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1717 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1718 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1719 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1721 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1723 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1725 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1726 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1727 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1728 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1729 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1730 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1731 there). closes: Bug#34233
1732 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1733 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1734 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1735 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1736 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1738 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1740 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1742 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1743 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1744 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1745 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1748 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1749 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1750 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1751 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1752 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1755 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1756 number. closes: BUG#25911
1758 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1759 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1760 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1761 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1762 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1763 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1765 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1766 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1767 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1770 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1771 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1772 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1774 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1775 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1776 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1777 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1779 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1780 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1781 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1783 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1785 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1786 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1787 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1788 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1789 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1790 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1791 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1792 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1795 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1797 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1798 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1801 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1803 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1805 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1807 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1809 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1811 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1812 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1813 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1814 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1815 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1816 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1817 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1818 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1820 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1821 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1823 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1825 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1827 * non-maintainer release
1828 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1829 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1831 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1832 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1833 * no content changes
1834 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1836 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1838 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1842 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1844 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1846 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1848 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1849 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1850 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1852 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1853 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1855 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1856 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1857 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1858 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1860 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1861 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1862 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1863 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1864 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1865 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1866 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1868 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1869 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1870 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1873 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1874 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1875 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1877 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1878 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1879 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1881 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1882 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1884 * New version numbering scheme:
1886 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1887 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1888 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1891 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1892 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1893 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1894 differ between the manuals.
1896 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1897 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1898 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1899 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1901 * Packaging changes:
1903 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1904 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1906 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1908 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1910 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1912 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1914 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1915 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1916 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1918 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1919 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1922 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1923 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1924 file extension as the referenced file
1926 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1927 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1929 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1930 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1931 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1932 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1935 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1936 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1937 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1939 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1940 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1941 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1942 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1945 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1946 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1949 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1950 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1951 reasonable default configuration
1953 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1954 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1955 by all news servers and clients
1957 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1958 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1959 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1960 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1961 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1963 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1964 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1967 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1969 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1970 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1972 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1975 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1976 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1978 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1979 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1981 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1983 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1985 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1987 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1988 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1989 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1990 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1992 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1994 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1995 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1996 * Don't use debstd anymore
1998 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2000 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2002 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2003 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2004 contrib/non-free policy
2005 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2006 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2007 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2008 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2009 - new section about `Daemons'
2010 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2011 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2012 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2013 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2014 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2015 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2016 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2017 * SGML source code included in package
2018 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2020 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2022 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2024 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2025 - completely reworked structure
2026 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2027 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2028 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2029 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2030 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2031 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2032 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2033 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2034 - mention "orphaned packages"
2035 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2036 distributions' policy
2037 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2038 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2039 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2040 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2041 - added section about arch spec strings
2042 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2043 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2044 - added section about "menus"
2045 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2046 the new documentation policy soon
2047 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2048 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2050 - added section about editors and pagers
2051 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2052 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2053 - added section about device files
2054 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2055 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2056 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2058 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2059 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2060 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2061 - Added new section about obsolete names
2062 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2063 * Fixed package's description
2065 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2067 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2069 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2071 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2073 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2075 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2076 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2077 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2078 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2080 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2082 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2084 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2085 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2086 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2088 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2089 and upload it "byhand" too.
2091 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2093 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2096 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2097 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2098 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2099 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2100 functionality must not have the same name.
2101 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2102 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2103 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2104 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2105 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2106 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2107 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2109 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2110 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2111 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2112 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2113 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2114 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2115 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2116 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2119 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2121 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2123 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2125 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2126 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2127 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2128 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2129 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2132 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2134 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2136 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2138 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2139 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2140 description of deb file format.
2141 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2142 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2144 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2146 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2147 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2149 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2151 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2153 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2154 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2155 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2156 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2157 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2158 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2159 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2160 packages in section on Procedure
2161 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2162 a package maintainer
2163 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2164 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2165 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2167 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2168 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2169 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2170 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2171 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2172 on various shlib files
2173 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2174 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2175 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2177 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2179 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2181 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2182 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2183 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2185 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2186 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2187 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2188 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2189 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2191 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2193 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2195 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2197 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2199 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2200 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2201 compatibility go in contrib.
2203 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2204 instructions in policy manual.
2205 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2208 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2210 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2212 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2213 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2214 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2215 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2217 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2218 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2221 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2223 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2225 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2226 * More detail about changelog format names.
2228 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2229 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2233 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2235 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2237 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2239 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2241 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2243 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2245 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2247 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2248 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2249 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2251 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2253 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2255 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2257 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2259 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2263 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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