1 debian-policy (3.5.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
6 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
7 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
8 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
9 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
10 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the url as it
11 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
12 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
14 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
18 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
21 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
22 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
23 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
24 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
25 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
26 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
28 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
29 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
30 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
31 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
33 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
34 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
35 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
36 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
37 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
38 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
39 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
40 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
41 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
43 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
44 script should start it, closes: #60979
45 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
46 "should", closes: #170019
47 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
48 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
49 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
50 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
51 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
52 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
53 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
54 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
57 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
59 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
62 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
63 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
64 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
65 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
66 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
67 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
68 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
69 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
70 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
72 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
73 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
74 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
75 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
76 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
77 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
78 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
79 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
80 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
82 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
83 file, closes: Bug#65764
85 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
87 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
89 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
90 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
91 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
92 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
93 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
94 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
95 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
96 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
97 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
98 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
99 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
100 details. closes: Bug#133030
101 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
102 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
105 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
107 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
109 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
110 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
111 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
112 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
113 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
114 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
115 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
116 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
117 not. closes: Bug#139820
118 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
119 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
120 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
121 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
122 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
123 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
124 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
125 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
126 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
127 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
129 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
131 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
132 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
133 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
134 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
135 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
136 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
137 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
138 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
139 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
140 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
141 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
142 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
143 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
144 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
145 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
146 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
147 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
148 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
149 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
150 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
152 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
153 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
154 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
155 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
156 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
157 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
158 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
160 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
161 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
162 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
163 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
164 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
165 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
166 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
167 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
168 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
170 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
172 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
174 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
175 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
176 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
177 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
178 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
179 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
180 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
181 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
182 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
183 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
184 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
185 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
186 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
187 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
188 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
189 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
190 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
191 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
192 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
193 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
194 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
195 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
196 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
198 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
200 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
202 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
203 medium, high, emergency.
204 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
205 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
206 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
207 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
208 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
211 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
212 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
213 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
215 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
216 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
217 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
218 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
219 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
220 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
221 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
224 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
226 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
228 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
229 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
230 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
231 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
233 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
234 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
235 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
236 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
237 debian/rules to do this
238 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
239 patches are incorporated upstream
240 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
241 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
242 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
243 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
244 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
245 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
247 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
248 system closes: Bug#91249
249 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
250 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
251 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
252 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
253 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
254 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
255 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
256 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
257 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
258 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
259 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
260 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
261 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
263 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
265 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
267 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
268 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
269 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
270 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
272 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
273 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
274 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
276 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
279 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
281 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
283 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
284 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
285 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
286 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
287 package for the time being
288 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
289 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
290 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
291 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
292 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
293 * Rename all .text files as .txt
294 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
295 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
296 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
297 Build-Depends arch syntax
298 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
300 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
301 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
303 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
304 from policy maintenance duties.
305 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
306 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
308 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
310 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
312 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
314 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
316 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
318 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
319 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
320 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
321 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
322 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
323 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
324 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
325 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
326 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
327 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
328 minor version number for this
329 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
330 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
331 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
332 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
333 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
334 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
335 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
336 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
337 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
339 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
341 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
343 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
344 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
345 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
346 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
347 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
349 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
351 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
352 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
353 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
354 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
355 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
356 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
357 xutils closes: Bug#82966
358 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
359 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
360 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
361 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
362 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
363 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
364 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
365 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
366 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
369 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
371 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
373 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
374 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
376 * Document the Enhances relationship
377 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
378 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
379 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
380 policy. closes: Bug#53496
381 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
382 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
384 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
386 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
387 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
388 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
389 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
391 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
392 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
393 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
394 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
395 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
397 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
399 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
401 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
402 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
403 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
405 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
406 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
407 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
408 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
409 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
410 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
411 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
412 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
413 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
415 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
417 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
419 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
421 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
422 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
423 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
424 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
425 policy. closes: Bug#64437
426 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
427 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
428 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
429 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
430 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
431 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
432 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
433 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
434 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
435 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
436 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
437 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
438 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
439 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
440 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
441 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
442 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
444 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
445 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
447 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
449 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
451 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
452 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
453 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
454 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
455 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
456 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
457 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
458 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
459 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
460 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
461 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
462 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
463 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
464 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
465 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
466 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
467 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
468 alternative closes: Bug#53755
469 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
470 list closes: Bug#53756
471 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
472 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
473 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
474 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
475 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
476 policy closes: Bug#53760
477 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
478 policy closes: Bug#53761
479 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
480 that use X closes: Bug#53762
481 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
482 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
483 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
484 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
485 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
486 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
487 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
488 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
489 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
491 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
492 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
493 to install with older fileutils.
494 * Installed FHS version 2.1
495 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
496 * Added FHS details to copyright file
497 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
499 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
500 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
502 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
504 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
506 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
507 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
509 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
511 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
513 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
514 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
516 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
519 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
521 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
522 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
524 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
526 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
528 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
530 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
531 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
533 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
535 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
537 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
538 #45561, #42447, #48570)
539 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
540 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
541 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
542 directoried (closes: #41547)
543 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
544 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
545 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
546 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
547 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
548 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
549 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
550 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
551 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
552 package criteria (closes: #45318)
553 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
555 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
556 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
557 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
558 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
559 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
560 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
561 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
563 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
564 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
565 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
566 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
568 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
570 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
572 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
573 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
575 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
577 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
579 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
580 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
582 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
584 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
586 * A few typos and omissions corrected
587 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
589 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
590 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
591 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
592 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
593 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
594 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
595 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
596 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
597 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
598 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
599 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
600 this closes: Bug#38612
601 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
602 before. closes: Bug#40864
604 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
606 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
608 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
610 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
612 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
613 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
614 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
616 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
617 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
618 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
619 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
620 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
621 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
623 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
624 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
625 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
627 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
629 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
630 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
631 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
632 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
633 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
635 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
637 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
639 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
640 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
641 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
642 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
643 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
644 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
645 there). closes: Bug#34233
646 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
647 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
648 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
649 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
650 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
652 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
654 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
656 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
657 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
658 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
659 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
662 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
663 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
664 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
665 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
666 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
669 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
670 number. closes: BUG#25911
672 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
673 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
674 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
675 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
676 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
677 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
679 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
680 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
681 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
684 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
685 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
686 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
688 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
689 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
690 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
691 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
693 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
694 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
695 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
697 * Make the package optional, not extra.
699 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
700 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
701 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
702 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
703 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
704 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
705 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
706 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
709 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
711 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
712 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
715 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
717 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
719 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
721 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
723 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
725 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
726 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
727 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
728 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
729 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
730 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
731 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
732 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
734 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
735 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
737 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
739 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
741 * non-maintainer release
742 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
743 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
745 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
746 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
748 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
750 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
752 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
756 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
758 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
760 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
762 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
763 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
764 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
766 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
767 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
769 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
770 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
771 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
772 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
774 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
775 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
776 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
777 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
778 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
779 and restart options and to comply with the console message
780 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
782 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
783 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
784 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
787 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
788 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
789 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
791 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
792 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
793 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
795 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
796 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
798 * New version numbering scheme:
800 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
801 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
802 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
805 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
806 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
807 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
808 differ between the manuals.
810 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
811 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
812 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
813 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
817 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
818 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
820 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
822 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
824 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
826 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
828 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
829 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
830 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
832 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
833 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
836 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
837 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
838 file extension as the referenced file
840 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
841 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
843 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
844 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
845 start, stop, restart, force-reload
846 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
849 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
850 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
851 be installed into /etc/cron.d
853 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
854 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
855 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
856 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
859 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
860 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
863 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
864 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
865 reasonable default configuration
867 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
868 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
869 by all news servers and clients
871 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
872 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
873 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
874 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
875 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
877 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
878 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
881 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
883 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
884 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
886 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
889 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
890 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
892 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
893 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
895 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
897 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
899 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
901 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
902 - X library package is now called xlib6g
903 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
904 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
906 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
908 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
909 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
910 * Don't use debstd anymore
912 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
914 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
916 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
917 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
918 contrib/non-free policy
919 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
920 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
921 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
922 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
923 - new section about `Daemons'
924 - updated section about `Configuration files'
925 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
926 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
927 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
928 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
929 * Paper about libc6 migration:
930 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
931 * SGML source code included in package
932 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
934 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
936 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
938 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
939 - completely reworked structure
940 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
941 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
942 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
943 - removed all those ugly footnotes
944 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
945 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
946 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
947 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
948 - mention "orphaned packages"
949 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
950 distributions' policy
951 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
952 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
953 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
954 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
955 - added section about arch spec strings
956 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
957 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
958 - added section about "menus"
959 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
960 the new documentation policy soon
961 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
962 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
964 - added section about editors and pagers
965 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
966 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
967 - added section about device files
968 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
969 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
970 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
972 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
973 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
974 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
975 - Added new section about obsolete names
976 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
977 * Fixed package's description
979 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
981 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
983 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
985 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
987 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
989 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
990 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
991 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
992 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
994 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
996 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
998 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
999 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1000 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1002 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1003 and upload it "byhand" too.
1005 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1007 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1010 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1011 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1012 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1013 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1014 functionality must not have the same name.
1015 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1016 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1017 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1018 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1019 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1020 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1021 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1023 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1024 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1025 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1026 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1027 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1028 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1029 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1030 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1033 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1035 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1037 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1039 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1040 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1041 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1042 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1043 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1046 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1048 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1050 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1052 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1053 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1054 description of deb file format.
1055 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1056 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1058 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1060 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1061 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1063 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1065 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1067 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1068 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1069 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1070 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1071 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1072 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1073 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1074 packages in section on Procedure
1075 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1076 a package maintainer
1077 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1078 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1079 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1081 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1082 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1083 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1084 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1085 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1086 on various shlib files
1087 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1088 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1089 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1091 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1093 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1095 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1096 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1097 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1099 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1100 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1101 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1102 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1103 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1105 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1107 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1109 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1111 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1113 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1114 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1115 compatibility go in contrib.
1117 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1118 instructions in policy manual.
1119 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1122 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1124 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1126 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1127 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1128 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1129 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1131 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1132 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1135 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1137 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1139 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1140 * More detail about changelog format names.
1142 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1143 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1147 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1149 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1151 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1153 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1155 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1157 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1159 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1161 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1162 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1163 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1165 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1167 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1169 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1171 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1173 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1177 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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