1 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
5 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
6 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
7 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
8 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
9 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
10 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
11 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
12 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
13 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
15 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
16 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
17 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
21 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
24 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
25 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
26 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
27 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
28 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
29 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
30 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
31 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
32 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
34 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
35 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
36 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
37 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
38 this section. closes: Bug#248618
39 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
40 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
41 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
42 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
43 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
44 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
45 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
46 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
47 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
48 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
49 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
50 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
52 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
53 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
54 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
57 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
58 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
59 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
61 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
62 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
63 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
64 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
65 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
66 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
68 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
69 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
71 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
72 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
73 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
74 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
75 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
76 Closes: #185943, #237049
78 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
80 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
83 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
86 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
87 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
88 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
89 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
90 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
91 running. closes: Bug#187250
92 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
93 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
94 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
95 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
96 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
97 user closes: Bug#176506
99 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
101 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
104 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
105 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
106 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
107 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
108 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
109 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
110 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
111 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
112 deb-building toolchain.
113 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
114 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
115 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
116 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
117 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
118 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
119 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
120 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
121 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
122 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
123 sections about changelog files.
125 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
126 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
127 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
128 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
129 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
130 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
132 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
133 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
134 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
135 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
136 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
137 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
138 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
139 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
140 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
141 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
142 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
143 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
144 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
145 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
146 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
147 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
148 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
149 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
150 for the restructuring
152 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
154 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
157 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
159 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
160 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
161 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
162 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
163 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
164 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
166 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
167 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
168 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
169 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
170 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
171 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
172 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
174 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
175 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
176 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
177 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
179 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
181 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
184 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
185 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
186 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
187 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
188 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
189 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
191 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
192 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
193 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
194 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
196 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
197 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
198 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
199 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
200 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
201 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
202 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
203 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
204 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
206 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
207 script should start it, closes: #60979
208 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
209 "should", closes: #170019
210 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
211 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
212 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
213 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
214 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
215 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
216 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
217 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
220 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
222 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
225 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
226 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
227 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
228 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
229 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
230 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
231 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
232 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
233 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
235 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
236 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
237 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
238 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
239 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
240 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
241 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
242 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
243 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
245 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
246 file, closes: Bug#65764
248 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
250 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
252 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
253 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
254 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
255 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
256 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
257 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
258 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
259 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
260 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
261 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
262 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
263 details. closes: Bug#133030
264 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
265 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
268 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
270 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
272 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
273 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
274 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
275 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
276 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
277 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
278 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
279 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
280 not. closes: Bug#139820
281 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
282 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
283 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
284 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
285 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
286 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
287 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
288 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
289 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
290 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
292 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
294 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
295 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
296 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
297 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
298 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
299 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
300 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
301 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
302 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
303 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
304 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
305 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
306 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
307 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
308 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
309 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
310 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
311 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
312 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
313 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
315 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
316 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
317 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
318 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
319 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
320 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
321 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
323 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
324 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
325 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
326 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
327 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
328 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
329 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
330 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
331 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
333 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
335 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
337 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
338 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
339 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
340 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
341 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
342 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
343 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
344 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
345 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
346 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
347 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
348 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
349 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
350 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
351 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
352 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
353 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
354 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
355 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
356 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
357 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
358 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
359 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
361 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
363 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
365 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
366 medium, high, emergency.
367 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
368 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
369 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
370 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
371 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
374 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
375 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
376 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
378 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
379 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
380 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
381 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
382 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
383 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
384 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
387 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
389 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
391 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
392 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
393 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
394 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
396 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
397 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
398 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
399 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
400 debian/rules to do this
401 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
402 patches are incorporated upstream
403 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
404 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
405 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
406 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
407 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
408 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
410 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
411 system closes: Bug#91249
412 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
413 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
414 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
415 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
416 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
417 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
418 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
419 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
420 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
421 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
422 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
423 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
424 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
426 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
428 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
430 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
431 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
432 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
433 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
435 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
436 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
437 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
439 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
442 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
444 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
446 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
447 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
448 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
449 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
450 package for the time being
451 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
452 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
453 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
454 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
455 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
456 * Rename all .text files as .txt
457 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
458 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
459 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
460 Build-Depends arch syntax
461 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
463 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
464 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
466 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
467 from policy maintenance duties.
468 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
469 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
471 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
473 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
475 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
477 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
479 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
481 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
482 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
483 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
484 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
485 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
486 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
487 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
488 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
489 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
490 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
491 minor version number for this
492 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
493 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
494 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
495 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
496 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
497 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
498 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
499 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
500 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
502 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
504 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
506 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
507 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
508 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
509 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
510 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
512 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
514 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
515 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
516 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
517 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
518 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
519 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
520 xutils closes: Bug#82966
521 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
522 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
523 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
524 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
525 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
526 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
527 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
528 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
529 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
532 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
534 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
536 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
537 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
539 * Document the Enhances relationship
540 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
541 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
542 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
543 policy. closes: Bug#53496
544 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
545 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
547 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
549 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
550 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
551 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
552 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
554 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
555 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
556 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
557 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
558 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
560 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
562 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
564 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
565 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
566 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
568 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
569 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
570 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
571 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
572 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
573 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
574 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
575 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
576 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
578 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
580 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
582 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
584 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
585 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
586 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
587 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
588 policy. closes: Bug#64437
589 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
590 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
591 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
592 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
593 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
594 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
595 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
596 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
597 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
598 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
599 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
600 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
601 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
602 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
603 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
604 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
605 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
607 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
608 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
610 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
612 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
614 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
615 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
616 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
617 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
618 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
619 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
620 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
621 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
622 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
623 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
624 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
625 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
626 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
627 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
628 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
629 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
630 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
631 alternative closes: Bug#53755
632 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
633 list closes: Bug#53756
634 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
635 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
636 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
637 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
638 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
639 policy closes: Bug#53760
640 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
641 policy closes: Bug#53761
642 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
643 that use X closes: Bug#53762
644 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
645 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
646 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
647 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
648 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
649 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
650 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
651 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
652 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
654 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
655 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
656 to install with older fileutils.
657 * Installed FHS version 2.1
658 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
659 * Added FHS details to copyright file
660 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
662 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
663 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
665 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
667 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
669 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
670 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
672 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
674 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
676 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
677 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
679 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
682 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
684 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
685 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
687 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
689 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
691 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
693 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
694 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
696 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
698 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
700 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
701 #45561, #42447, #48570)
702 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
703 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
704 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
705 directoried (closes: #41547)
706 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
707 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
708 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
709 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
710 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
711 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
712 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
713 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
714 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
715 package criteria (closes: #45318)
716 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
718 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
719 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
720 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
721 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
722 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
723 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
724 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
726 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
727 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
728 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
729 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
731 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
733 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
735 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
736 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
738 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
740 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
742 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
743 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
745 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
747 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
749 * A few typos and omissions corrected
750 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
752 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
753 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
754 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
755 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
756 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
757 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
758 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
759 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
760 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
761 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
762 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
763 this closes: Bug#38612
764 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
765 before. closes: Bug#40864
767 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
769 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
771 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
773 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
775 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
776 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
777 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
779 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
780 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
781 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
782 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
783 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
784 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
786 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
787 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
788 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
790 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
792 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
793 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
794 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
795 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
796 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
798 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
800 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
802 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
803 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
804 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
805 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
806 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
807 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
808 there). closes: Bug#34233
809 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
810 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
811 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
812 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
813 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
815 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
817 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
819 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
820 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
821 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
822 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
825 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
826 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
827 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
828 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
829 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
832 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
833 number. closes: BUG#25911
835 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
836 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
837 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
838 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
839 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
840 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
842 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
843 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
844 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
847 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
848 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
849 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
851 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
852 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
853 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
854 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
856 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
857 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
858 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
860 * Make the package optional, not extra.
862 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
863 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
864 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
865 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
866 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
867 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
868 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
869 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
872 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
874 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
875 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
878 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
880 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
882 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
884 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
886 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
888 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
889 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
890 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
891 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
892 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
893 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
894 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
895 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
897 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
898 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
900 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
902 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
904 * non-maintainer release
905 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
906 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
908 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
909 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
911 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
913 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
915 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
919 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
921 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
923 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
925 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
926 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
927 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
929 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
930 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
932 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
933 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
934 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
935 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
937 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
938 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
939 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
940 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
941 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
942 and restart options and to comply with the console message
943 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
945 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
946 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
947 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
950 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
951 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
952 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
954 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
955 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
956 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
958 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
959 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
961 * New version numbering scheme:
963 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
964 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
965 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
968 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
969 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
970 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
971 differ between the manuals.
973 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
974 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
975 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
976 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
980 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
981 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
983 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
985 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
987 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
989 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
991 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
992 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
993 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
995 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
996 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
999 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1000 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1001 file extension as the referenced file
1003 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1004 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1006 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1007 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1008 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1009 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1012 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1013 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1014 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1016 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1017 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1018 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1019 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1022 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1023 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1026 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1027 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1028 reasonable default configuration
1030 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1031 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1032 by all news servers and clients
1034 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1035 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1036 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1037 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1038 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1040 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1041 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1044 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1046 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1047 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1049 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1052 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1053 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1055 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1056 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1058 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1060 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1062 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1064 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1065 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1066 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1067 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1069 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1071 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1072 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1073 * Don't use debstd anymore
1075 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1077 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1079 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1080 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1081 contrib/non-free policy
1082 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1083 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1084 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1085 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1086 - new section about `Daemons'
1087 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1088 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1089 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1090 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1091 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1092 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1093 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1094 * SGML source code included in package
1095 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1097 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1099 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1101 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1102 - completely reworked structure
1103 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1104 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1105 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1106 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1107 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1108 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1109 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1110 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1111 - mention "orphaned packages"
1112 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1113 distributions' policy
1114 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1115 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1116 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1117 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1118 - added section about arch spec strings
1119 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1120 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1121 - added section about "menus"
1122 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1123 the new documentation policy soon
1124 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1125 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1127 - added section about editors and pagers
1128 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1129 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1130 - added section about device files
1131 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1132 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1133 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1135 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1136 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1137 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1138 - Added new section about obsolete names
1139 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1140 * Fixed package's description
1142 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1144 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1146 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1148 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1150 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1152 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1153 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1154 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1155 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1157 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1159 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1161 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1162 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1163 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1165 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1166 and upload it "byhand" too.
1168 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1170 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1173 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1174 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1175 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1176 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1177 functionality must not have the same name.
1178 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1179 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1180 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1181 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1182 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1183 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1184 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1186 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1187 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1188 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1189 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1190 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1191 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1192 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1193 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1196 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1198 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1200 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1202 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1203 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1204 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1205 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1206 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1209 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1211 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1213 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1215 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1216 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1217 description of deb file format.
1218 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1219 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1221 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1223 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1224 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1226 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1228 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1230 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1231 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1232 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1233 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1234 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1235 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1236 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1237 packages in section on Procedure
1238 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1239 a package maintainer
1240 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1241 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1242 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1244 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1245 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1246 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1247 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1248 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1249 on various shlib files
1250 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1251 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1252 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1254 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1256 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1258 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1259 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1260 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1262 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1263 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1264 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1265 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1266 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1268 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1270 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1272 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1274 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1276 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1277 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1278 compatibility go in contrib.
1280 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1281 instructions in policy manual.
1282 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1285 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1287 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1289 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1290 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1291 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1292 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1294 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1295 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1298 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1300 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1302 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1303 * More detail about changelog format names.
1305 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1306 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1310 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1312 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1314 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1316 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1318 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1320 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1322 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1324 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1325 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1326 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1328 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1330 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1332 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1334 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1336 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1340 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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