1 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
4 XXX write a better description here XXX
5 XXX update the section numbers in the upgrading checklist XXX
6 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
7 * Added Apps/Educational to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
8 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
9 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
10 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
11 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
13 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
14 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
15 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
16 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
17 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
18 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep should not be satisfied
19 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
20 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
21 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
22 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
23 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
24 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
25 * Changed a -f to a -x in an example testing for presence of a program
26 executed later in the script. closes: Bug#190749
27 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
28 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
29 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
30 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
31 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
35 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
38 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
40 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
41 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
42 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
43 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
44 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
45 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
47 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
48 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
49 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
50 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
51 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
52 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
53 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
55 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
56 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
57 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
58 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
60 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
62 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
65 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
66 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
67 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
68 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
69 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
70 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
72 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
73 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
74 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
75 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
77 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
78 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
79 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
80 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
81 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
82 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
83 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
84 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
85 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
87 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
88 script should start it, closes: #60979
89 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
90 "should", closes: #170019
91 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
92 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
93 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
94 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
95 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
96 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
97 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
98 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
101 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
103 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
106 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
107 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
108 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
109 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
110 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
111 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
112 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
113 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
114 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
116 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
117 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
118 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
119 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
120 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
121 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
122 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
123 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
124 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
126 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
127 file, closes: Bug#65764
129 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
131 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
133 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
134 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
135 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
136 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
137 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
138 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
139 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
140 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
141 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
142 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
143 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
144 details. closes: Bug#133030
145 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
146 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
149 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
151 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
153 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
154 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
155 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
156 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
157 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
158 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
159 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
160 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
161 not. closes: Bug#139820
162 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
163 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
164 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
165 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
166 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
167 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
168 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
169 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
170 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
171 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
173 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
175 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
176 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
177 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
178 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
179 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
180 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
181 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
182 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
183 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
184 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
185 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
186 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
187 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
188 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
189 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
190 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
191 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
192 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
193 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
194 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
196 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
197 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
198 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
199 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
200 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
201 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
202 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
204 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
205 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
206 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
207 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
208 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
209 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
210 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
211 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
212 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
214 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
216 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
218 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
219 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
220 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
221 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
222 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
223 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
224 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
225 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
226 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
227 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
228 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
229 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
230 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
231 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
232 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
233 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
234 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
235 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
236 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
237 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
238 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
239 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
240 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
242 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
244 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
246 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
247 medium, high, emergency.
248 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
249 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
250 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
251 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
252 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
255 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
256 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
257 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
259 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
260 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
261 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
262 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
263 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
264 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
265 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
268 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
270 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
272 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
273 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
274 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
275 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
277 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
278 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
279 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
280 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
281 debian/rules to do this
282 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
283 patches are incorporated upstream
284 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
285 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
286 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
287 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
288 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
289 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
291 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
292 system closes: Bug#91249
293 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
294 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
295 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
296 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
297 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
298 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
299 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
300 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
301 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
302 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
303 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
304 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
305 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
307 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
309 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
311 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
312 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
313 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
314 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
316 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
317 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
318 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
320 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
323 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
325 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
327 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
328 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
329 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
330 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
331 package for the time being
332 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
333 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
334 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
335 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
336 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
337 * Rename all .text files as .txt
338 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
339 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
340 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
341 Build-Depends arch syntax
342 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
344 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
345 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
347 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
348 from policy maintenance duties.
349 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
350 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
352 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
354 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
356 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
358 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
360 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
362 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
363 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
364 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
365 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
366 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
367 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
368 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
369 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
370 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
371 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
372 minor version number for this
373 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
374 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
375 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
376 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
377 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
378 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
379 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
380 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
381 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
383 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
385 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
387 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
388 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
389 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
390 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
391 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
393 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
395 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
396 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
397 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
398 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
399 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
400 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
401 xutils closes: Bug#82966
402 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
403 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
404 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
405 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
406 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
407 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
408 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
409 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
410 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
413 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
415 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
417 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
418 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
420 * Document the Enhances relationship
421 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
422 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
423 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
424 policy. closes: Bug#53496
425 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
426 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
428 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
430 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
431 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
432 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
433 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
435 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
436 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
437 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
438 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
439 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
441 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
443 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
445 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
446 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
447 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
449 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
450 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
451 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
452 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
453 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
454 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
455 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
456 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
457 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
459 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
461 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
463 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
465 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
466 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
467 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
468 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
469 policy. closes: Bug#64437
470 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
471 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
472 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
473 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
474 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
475 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
476 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
477 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
478 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
479 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
480 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
481 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
482 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
483 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
484 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
485 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
486 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
488 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
489 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
491 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
493 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
495 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
496 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
497 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
498 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
499 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
500 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
501 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
502 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
503 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
504 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
505 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
506 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
507 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
508 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
509 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
510 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
511 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
512 alternative closes: Bug#53755
513 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
514 list closes: Bug#53756
515 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
516 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
517 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
518 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
519 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
520 policy closes: Bug#53760
521 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
522 policy closes: Bug#53761
523 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
524 that use X closes: Bug#53762
525 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
526 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
527 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
528 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
529 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
530 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
531 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
532 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
533 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
535 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
536 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
537 to install with older fileutils.
538 * Installed FHS version 2.1
539 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
540 * Added FHS details to copyright file
541 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
543 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
544 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
546 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
548 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
550 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
551 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
553 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
555 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
557 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
558 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
560 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
563 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
565 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
566 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
568 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
570 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
572 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
574 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
575 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
577 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
579 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
581 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
582 #45561, #42447, #48570)
583 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
584 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
585 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
586 directoried (closes: #41547)
587 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
588 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
589 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
590 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
591 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
592 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
593 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
594 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
595 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
596 package criteria (closes: #45318)
597 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
599 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
600 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
601 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
602 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
603 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
604 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
605 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
607 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
608 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
609 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
610 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
612 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
614 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
616 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
617 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
619 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
621 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
623 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
624 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
626 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
628 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
630 * A few typos and omissions corrected
631 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
633 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
634 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
635 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
636 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
637 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
638 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
639 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
640 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
641 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
642 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
643 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
644 this closes: Bug#38612
645 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
646 before. closes: Bug#40864
648 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
650 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
652 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
654 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
656 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
657 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
658 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
660 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
661 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
662 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
663 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
664 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
665 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
667 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
668 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
669 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
671 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
673 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
674 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
675 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
676 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
677 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
679 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
681 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
683 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
684 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
685 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
686 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
687 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
688 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
689 there). closes: Bug#34233
690 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
691 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
692 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
693 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
694 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
696 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
698 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
700 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
701 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
702 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
703 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
706 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
707 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
708 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
709 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
710 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
713 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
714 number. closes: BUG#25911
716 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
717 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
718 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
719 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
720 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
721 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
723 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
724 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
725 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
728 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
729 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
730 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
732 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
733 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
734 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
735 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
737 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
738 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
739 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
741 * Make the package optional, not extra.
743 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
744 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
745 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
746 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
747 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
748 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
749 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
750 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
753 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
755 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
756 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
759 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
761 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
763 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
765 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
767 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
769 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
770 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
771 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
772 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
773 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
774 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
775 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
776 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
778 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
779 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
781 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
783 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
785 * non-maintainer release
786 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
787 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
789 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
790 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
792 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
794 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
796 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
800 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
802 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
804 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
806 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
807 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
808 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
810 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
811 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
813 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
814 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
815 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
816 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
818 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
819 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
820 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
821 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
822 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
823 and restart options and to comply with the console message
824 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
826 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
827 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
828 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
831 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
832 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
833 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
835 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
836 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
837 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
839 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
840 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
842 * New version numbering scheme:
844 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
845 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
846 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
849 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
850 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
851 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
852 differ between the manuals.
854 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
855 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
856 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
857 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
861 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
862 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
864 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
866 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
868 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
870 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
872 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
873 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
874 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
876 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
877 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
880 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
881 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
882 file extension as the referenced file
884 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
885 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
887 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
888 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
889 start, stop, restart, force-reload
890 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
893 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
894 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
895 be installed into /etc/cron.d
897 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
898 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
899 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
900 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
903 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
904 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
907 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
908 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
909 reasonable default configuration
911 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
912 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
913 by all news servers and clients
915 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
916 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
917 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
918 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
919 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
921 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
922 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
925 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
927 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
928 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
930 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
933 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
934 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
936 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
937 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
939 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
941 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
943 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
945 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
946 - X library package is now called xlib6g
947 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
948 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
950 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
952 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
953 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
954 * Don't use debstd anymore
956 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
958 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
960 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
961 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
962 contrib/non-free policy
963 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
964 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
965 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
966 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
967 - new section about `Daemons'
968 - updated section about `Configuration files'
969 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
970 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
971 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
972 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
973 * Paper about libc6 migration:
974 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
975 * SGML source code included in package
976 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
978 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
980 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
982 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
983 - completely reworked structure
984 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
985 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
986 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
987 - removed all those ugly footnotes
988 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
989 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
990 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
991 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
992 - mention "orphaned packages"
993 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
994 distributions' policy
995 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
996 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
997 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
998 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
999 - added section about arch spec strings
1000 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1001 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1002 - added section about "menus"
1003 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1004 the new documentation policy soon
1005 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1006 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1008 - added section about editors and pagers
1009 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1010 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1011 - added section about device files
1012 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1013 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1014 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1016 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1017 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1018 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1019 - Added new section about obsolete names
1020 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1021 * Fixed package's description
1023 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1025 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1027 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1029 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1031 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1033 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1034 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1035 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1036 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1038 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1040 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1042 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1043 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1044 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1046 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1047 and upload it "byhand" too.
1049 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1051 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1054 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1055 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1056 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1057 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1058 functionality must not have the same name.
1059 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1060 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1061 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1062 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1063 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1064 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1065 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1067 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1068 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1069 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1070 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1071 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1072 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1073 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1074 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1077 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1079 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1081 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1083 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1084 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1085 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1086 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1087 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1090 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1092 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1094 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1096 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1097 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1098 description of deb file format.
1099 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1100 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1102 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1104 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1105 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1107 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1109 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1111 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1112 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1113 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1114 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1115 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1116 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1117 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1118 packages in section on Procedure
1119 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1120 a package maintainer
1121 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1122 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1123 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1125 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1126 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1127 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1128 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1129 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1130 on various shlib files
1131 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1132 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1133 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1135 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1137 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1139 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1140 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1141 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1143 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1144 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1145 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1146 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1147 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1149 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1151 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1153 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1155 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1157 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1158 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1159 compatibility go in contrib.
1161 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1162 instructions in policy manual.
1163 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1166 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1168 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1170 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1171 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1172 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1173 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1175 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1176 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1179 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1181 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1183 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1184 * More detail about changelog format names.
1186 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1187 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1191 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1193 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1195 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1197 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1199 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1201 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1203 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1205 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1206 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1207 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1209 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1211 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1213 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1215 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1217 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1221 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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