1 debian-policy (3.5.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
4 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
5 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
6 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
8 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
9 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
10 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
11 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
12 debian/rules to do this
13 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
14 patches are incorporated upstream
15 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
16 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
20 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
22 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
23 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
24 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
25 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
27 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
28 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
29 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
31 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
34 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
36 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
38 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
39 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
40 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
41 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
42 package for the time being
43 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
44 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
45 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
46 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
47 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
48 * Rename all .text files as .txt
49 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
50 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
51 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
52 Build-Depends arch syntax
53 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
55 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
56 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
58 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
59 from policy maintenance duties.
60 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
61 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
63 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
65 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
67 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
69 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
71 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
73 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
74 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
75 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
76 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
77 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
78 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
79 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
80 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
81 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
82 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
83 minor version number for this
84 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
85 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
86 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
87 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
88 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
89 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
90 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
91 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
92 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
94 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
96 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
98 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
99 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
100 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
101 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
102 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
104 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
106 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
107 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
108 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
109 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
110 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
111 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
112 xutils closes: Bug#82966
113 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
114 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
115 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
116 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
117 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
118 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
119 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
120 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
121 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
124 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
126 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
128 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
129 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
131 * Document the Enhances relationship
132 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
133 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
134 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
135 policy. closes: Bug#53496
136 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
137 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
139 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
141 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
142 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
143 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
144 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
146 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
147 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
148 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
149 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
150 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
152 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
154 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
156 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
157 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
158 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
160 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
161 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
162 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
163 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
164 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
165 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
166 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
167 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
168 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
170 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
172 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
174 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
176 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
177 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
178 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
179 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
180 policy. closes: Bug#64437
181 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
182 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
183 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
184 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
185 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
186 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
187 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
188 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
189 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
190 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
191 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
192 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
193 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
194 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
195 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
196 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
197 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
199 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
200 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
202 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
204 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
206 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
207 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
208 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
209 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
210 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
211 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
212 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
213 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
214 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
215 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
216 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
217 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
218 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
219 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
220 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
221 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
222 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
223 alternative closes: Bug#53755
224 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
225 list closes: Bug#53756
226 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
227 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
228 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
229 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
230 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
231 policy closes: Bug#53760
232 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
233 policy closes: Bug#53761
234 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
235 that use X closes: Bug#53762
236 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
237 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
238 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
239 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
240 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
241 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
242 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
243 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
244 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
246 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
247 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
248 to install with older fileutils.
249 * Installed FHS version 2.1
250 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
251 * Added FHS details to copyright file
252 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
254 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
255 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
257 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
259 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
261 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
262 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
264 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
266 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
268 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
269 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
271 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
274 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
276 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
277 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
279 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
281 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
283 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
285 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
286 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
288 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
290 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
292 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
293 #45561, #42447, #48570)
294 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
295 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
296 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
297 directoried (closes: #41547)
298 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
299 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
300 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
301 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
302 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
303 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
304 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
305 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
306 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
307 package criteria (closes: #45318)
308 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
310 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
311 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
312 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
313 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
314 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
315 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
316 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
318 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
319 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
320 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
321 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
323 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
325 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
327 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
328 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
330 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
332 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
334 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
335 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
337 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
339 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
341 * A few typos and omissions corrected
342 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
344 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
345 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
346 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
347 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
348 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
349 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
350 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
351 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
352 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
353 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
354 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
355 this closes: Bug#38612
356 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
357 before. closes: Bug#40864
359 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
361 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
363 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
365 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
367 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
368 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
369 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
371 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
372 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
373 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
374 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
375 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
376 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
378 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
379 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
380 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
382 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
384 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
385 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
386 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
387 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
388 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
390 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
392 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
394 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
395 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
396 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
397 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
398 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
399 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
400 there). closes: Bug#34233
401 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
402 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
403 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
404 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
405 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
407 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
409 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
411 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
412 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
413 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
414 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
417 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
418 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
419 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
420 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
421 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
424 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
425 number. closes: BUG#25911
427 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
428 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
429 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
430 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
431 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
432 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
434 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
435 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
436 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
439 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
440 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
441 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
443 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
444 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
445 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
446 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
448 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
449 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
450 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
452 * Make the package optional, not extra.
454 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
455 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
456 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
457 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
458 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
459 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
460 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
461 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
464 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
466 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
467 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
470 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
472 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
474 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
476 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
478 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
480 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
481 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
482 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
483 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
484 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
485 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
486 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
487 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
489 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
490 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
492 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
494 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
496 * non-maintainer release
497 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
498 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
500 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
501 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
503 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
505 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
507 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
511 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
513 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
515 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
517 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
518 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
519 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
521 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
522 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
524 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
525 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
526 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
527 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
529 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
530 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
531 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
532 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
533 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
534 and restart options and to comply with the console message
535 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
537 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
538 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
539 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
542 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
543 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
544 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
546 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
547 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
548 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
550 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
551 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
553 * New version numbering scheme:
555 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
556 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
557 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
560 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
561 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
562 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
563 differ between the manuals.
565 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
566 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
567 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
568 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
572 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
573 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
575 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
577 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
579 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
581 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
583 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
584 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
585 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
587 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
588 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
591 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
592 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
593 file extension as the referenced file
595 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
596 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
598 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
599 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
600 start, stop, restart, force-reload
601 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
604 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
605 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
606 be installed into /etc/cron.d
608 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
609 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
610 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
611 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
614 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
615 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
618 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
619 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
620 reasonable default configuration
622 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
623 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
624 by all news servers and clients
626 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
627 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
628 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
629 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
630 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
632 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
633 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
636 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
638 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
639 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
641 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
644 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
645 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
647 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
648 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
650 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
652 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
654 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
656 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
657 - X library package is now called xlib6g
658 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
659 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
661 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
663 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
664 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
665 * Don't use debstd anymore
667 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
669 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
671 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
672 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
673 contrib/non-free policy
674 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
675 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
676 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
677 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
678 - new section about `Daemons'
679 - updated section about `Configuration files'
680 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
681 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
682 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
683 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
684 * Paper about libc6 migration:
685 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
686 * SGML source code included in package
687 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
689 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
691 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
693 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
694 - completely reworked structure
695 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
696 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
697 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
698 - removed all those ugly footnotes
699 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
700 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
701 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
702 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
703 - mention "orphaned packages"
704 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
705 distributions' policy
706 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
707 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
708 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
709 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
710 - added section about arch spec strings
711 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
712 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
713 - added section about "menus"
714 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
715 the new documentation policy soon
716 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
717 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
719 - added section about editors and pagers
720 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
721 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
722 - added section about device files
723 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
724 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
725 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
727 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
728 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
729 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
730 - Added new section about obsolete names
731 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
732 * Fixed package's description
734 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
736 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
738 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
740 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
742 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
744 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
745 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
746 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
747 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
749 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
751 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
753 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
754 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
755 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
757 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
758 and upload it "byhand" too.
760 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
762 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
765 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
766 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
767 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
768 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
769 functionality must not have the same name.
770 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
771 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
772 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
773 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
774 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
775 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
776 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
778 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
779 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
780 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
781 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
782 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
783 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
784 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
785 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
788 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
790 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
792 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
794 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
795 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
796 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
797 a package into. (Guy Maor)
798 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
801 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
803 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
805 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
807 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
808 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
809 description of deb file format.
810 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
811 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
813 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
815 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
816 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
818 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
820 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
822 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
823 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
824 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
825 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
826 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
827 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
828 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
829 packages in section on Procedure
830 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
832 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
833 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
834 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
836 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
837 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
838 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
839 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
840 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
841 on various shlib files
842 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
843 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
844 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
846 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
848 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
850 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
851 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
852 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
854 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
855 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
856 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
857 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
858 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
860 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
862 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
864 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
866 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
868 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
869 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
870 compatibility go in contrib.
872 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
873 instructions in policy manual.
874 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
877 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
879 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
881 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
882 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
883 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
884 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
886 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
887 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
890 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
892 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
894 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
895 * More detail about changelog format names.
897 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
898 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
902 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
904 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
906 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
908 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
910 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
912 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
914 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
916 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
917 * More verbosity about netiquette.
918 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
920 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
922 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
924 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
926 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
928 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
932 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100