1 debian-policy (3.8.4.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
5 -- Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:45:37 +0000
7 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
10 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
11 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
13 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
14 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
18 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
21 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
22 Wording: Steve Langasek.
23 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
24 Seconded: Julien Cristau
28 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
29 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
30 Seconded: Russ Allbery
31 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
34 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
35 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
36 Seconded: Russ Allbery
38 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
39 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
40 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
41 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
42 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
43 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
44 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
45 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
46 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
48 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
49 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
50 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
51 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
52 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
53 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
54 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
55 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
56 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
57 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
58 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
59 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
60 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
61 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
62 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
63 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
65 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
66 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
67 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
68 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
69 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
71 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
74 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
75 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
76 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
77 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
78 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
79 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
82 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
84 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
86 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
87 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
88 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
89 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
91 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
92 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
93 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
94 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
96 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
97 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
98 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
99 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
101 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
102 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
103 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
105 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
106 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
108 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
109 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
110 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
111 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
112 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
114 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
115 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
116 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
117 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
119 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
120 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
121 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
122 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
124 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
125 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
126 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
127 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
129 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
130 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
131 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
132 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
134 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
135 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
136 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
137 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
139 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
140 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
141 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
142 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
143 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
144 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
145 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
146 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
147 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
148 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
149 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
150 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
151 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
152 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
153 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
155 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
156 Source field descriptions.
157 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
158 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
159 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
160 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
161 description says otherwise.
163 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
165 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
168 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
169 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
170 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
171 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
172 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
173 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
175 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
176 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
177 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
178 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
180 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
181 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
182 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
183 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
185 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
186 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
187 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
188 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
190 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
191 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
192 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
193 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
197 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
198 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
199 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
200 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
201 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
203 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
204 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
205 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
206 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
208 * Add myself to Uploaders.
211 * Add myself to Uploaders.
212 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
214 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
215 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
216 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
218 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
220 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
222 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
223 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
224 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
225 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
227 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
228 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
229 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
230 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
232 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
233 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
234 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
235 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
237 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
238 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
239 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
240 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
242 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
243 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
244 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
245 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
247 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
248 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
249 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
250 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
252 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
253 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
254 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
255 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
257 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
258 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
259 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
260 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
262 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
263 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
264 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
265 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
267 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
268 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
269 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
270 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
272 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
273 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
274 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
275 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
276 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
278 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
279 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
280 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
281 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
282 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
283 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
284 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
285 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
286 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
287 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
288 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
289 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
290 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
291 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
292 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
293 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
294 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
295 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
296 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
297 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
298 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
299 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
300 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
301 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
302 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
303 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
304 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
305 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
306 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
307 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
309 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
310 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
311 links was completed long ago.
312 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
314 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
316 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
318 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
319 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
321 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
323 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
325 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
326 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
327 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
328 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
329 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
330 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
331 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
332 Millan (Closes: #209008).
333 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
334 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
336 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
338 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
340 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
341 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
342 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
343 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
344 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
345 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
346 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
348 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
349 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
350 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
351 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
353 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
354 Küster (Closes: #403391).
355 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
356 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
357 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
358 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
359 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
360 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
361 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
362 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
363 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
364 Closes: #186700, #458910
365 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
366 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
367 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
369 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
370 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
371 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
372 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
373 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
374 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
375 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
376 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
378 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
379 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
381 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
382 * Add an md5sums control file.
383 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
384 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
385 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
386 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
387 currently part of policy.
388 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
389 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
390 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
393 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
395 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
397 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
398 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
399 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
400 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
401 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
402 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
403 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
404 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
405 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
406 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
407 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
408 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
409 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
410 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
411 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
412 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
414 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
416 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
417 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
418 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
420 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
421 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
422 list?" (Closes: #412634).
423 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
424 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
425 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
426 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
427 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
428 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
429 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
430 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
431 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
432 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
433 debconf specification.
434 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
435 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
437 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
439 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
441 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
442 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
443 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
444 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
445 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
447 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
449 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
450 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
451 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
452 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
453 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
455 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
456 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
457 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
458 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
459 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
460 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
461 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
462 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
463 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
464 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
465 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
466 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
467 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
468 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
469 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
470 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
472 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
474 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
475 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
476 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
477 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
478 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
479 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
480 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
481 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
483 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
485 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
487 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
488 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
489 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
490 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
491 Polo (Closes: #372497).
492 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
493 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
495 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
496 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
497 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
498 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
499 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
500 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
501 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
502 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
503 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
504 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
506 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
507 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
508 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
509 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
510 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
511 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
513 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
515 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
517 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
518 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
519 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
520 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
522 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
523 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
525 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
527 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
529 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
530 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
531 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
532 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
533 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
534 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
535 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
536 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
537 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
538 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
540 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
541 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
542 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
543 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
544 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
545 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
546 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
547 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
548 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
549 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
550 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
553 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
555 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
557 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
558 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
559 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
560 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
561 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
562 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
563 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
564 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
565 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
566 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
567 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
568 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
569 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
570 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
571 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
572 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
573 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
574 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
575 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
576 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
577 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
578 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
579 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
580 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
581 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
582 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
583 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
584 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
586 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
587 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
588 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
589 Hess (Closes: #362247).
590 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
591 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
592 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
593 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
594 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
595 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
596 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
597 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
598 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
599 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
600 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
601 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
603 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
604 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
606 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
607 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
608 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
609 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
610 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
611 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
612 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
613 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
614 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
615 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
616 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
618 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
620 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
623 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
624 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
625 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
626 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
627 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
628 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
629 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
630 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
631 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
632 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
633 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
634 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
635 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
637 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
638 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
639 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
640 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
641 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
642 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
643 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
644 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
645 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
646 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
647 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
648 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
649 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
650 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
651 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
652 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
653 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
654 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
655 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
658 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
660 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
662 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
663 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
664 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
665 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
667 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
668 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
669 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
670 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
672 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
674 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
677 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
678 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
679 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
680 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
681 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
682 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
683 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
684 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
685 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
686 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
688 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
689 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
690 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
692 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
693 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
694 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
695 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
696 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
697 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
698 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
700 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
701 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
702 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
703 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
705 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
706 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
707 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
708 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
709 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
710 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
711 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
712 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
714 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
715 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
716 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
717 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
718 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
719 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
720 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
721 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
722 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
723 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
724 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
725 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
726 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
727 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
728 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
729 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
730 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
732 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
734 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
737 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
738 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
739 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
740 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
741 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
742 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
743 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
744 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
745 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
747 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
748 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
749 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
750 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
751 this section. closes: Bug#248618
752 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
753 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
754 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
755 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
756 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
757 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
758 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
759 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
760 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
761 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
762 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
763 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
765 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
766 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
767 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
770 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
771 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
772 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
774 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
775 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
776 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
777 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
778 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
779 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
781 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
782 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
784 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
785 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
786 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
787 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
788 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
789 Closes: #185943, #237049
791 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
793 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
796 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
799 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
800 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
801 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
802 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
803 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
804 running. closes: Bug#187250
805 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
806 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
807 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
808 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
809 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
810 user closes: Bug#176506
812 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
814 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
817 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
818 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
819 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
820 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
821 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
822 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
823 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
824 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
825 deb-building toolchain.
826 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
827 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
828 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
829 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
830 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
831 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
832 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
833 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
834 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
835 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
836 sections about changelog files.
838 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
839 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
840 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
841 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
842 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
843 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
845 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
846 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
847 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
848 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
849 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
850 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
851 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
852 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
853 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
854 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
855 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
856 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
857 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
858 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
859 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
860 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
861 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
862 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
863 for the restructuring
865 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
867 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
870 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
872 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
873 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
874 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
875 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
876 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
877 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
879 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
880 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
881 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
882 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
883 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
884 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
885 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
887 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
888 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
889 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
890 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
892 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
894 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
897 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
898 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
899 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
900 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
901 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
902 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
904 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
905 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
906 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
907 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
909 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
910 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
911 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
912 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
913 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
914 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
915 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
916 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
917 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
919 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
920 script should start it, closes: #60979
921 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
922 "should", closes: #170019
923 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
924 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
925 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
926 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
927 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
928 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
929 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
930 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
933 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
935 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
938 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
939 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
940 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
941 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
942 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
943 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
944 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
945 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
946 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
948 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
949 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
950 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
951 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
952 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
953 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
954 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
955 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
956 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
958 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
959 file, closes: Bug#65764
961 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
963 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
965 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
966 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
967 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
968 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
969 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
970 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
971 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
972 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
973 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
974 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
975 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
976 details. closes: Bug#133030
977 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
978 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
981 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
983 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
985 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
986 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
987 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
988 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
989 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
990 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
991 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
992 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
993 not. closes: Bug#139820
994 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
995 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
996 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
997 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
998 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
999 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1000 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1001 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1002 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1003 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1005 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1007 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1008 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1009 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1010 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1011 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1012 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1013 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1014 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1015 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1016 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1017 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1018 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1019 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1020 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1021 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1022 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1023 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1024 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1025 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1026 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1028 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1029 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1030 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1031 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1032 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1033 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1034 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1036 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1037 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1038 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1039 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1040 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1041 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1042 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1043 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1044 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1046 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1048 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1050 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1051 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1052 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1053 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1054 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1055 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1056 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1057 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1058 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1059 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1060 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1061 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1062 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1063 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1064 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1065 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1066 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1067 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1068 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1069 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1070 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1071 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1072 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1074 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1076 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1078 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1079 medium, high, emergency.
1080 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1081 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1082 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1083 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1084 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1087 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1088 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1089 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1091 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1092 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1093 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1094 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1095 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1096 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1097 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1100 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1102 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1104 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1105 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1106 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1107 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1109 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1110 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1111 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1112 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1113 debian/rules to do this
1114 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1115 patches are incorporated upstream
1116 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1117 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1118 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1119 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1120 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1121 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1123 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1124 system closes: Bug#91249
1125 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1126 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1127 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1128 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1129 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1130 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1131 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1132 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1133 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1134 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1135 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1136 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1137 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1139 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1141 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1143 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1144 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1145 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1146 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1148 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1149 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1150 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1152 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1155 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1157 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1159 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1160 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1161 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1162 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1163 package for the time being
1164 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1165 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1166 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1167 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1168 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1169 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1170 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1171 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1172 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1173 Build-Depends arch syntax
1174 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1176 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1177 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1179 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1180 from policy maintenance duties.
1181 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1182 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1184 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1186 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1188 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1190 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1192 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1194 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1195 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1196 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1197 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1198 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1199 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1200 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1201 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1202 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1203 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1204 minor version number for this
1205 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1206 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1207 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1208 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1209 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1210 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1211 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1212 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1213 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1215 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1217 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1219 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1220 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1221 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1222 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1223 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1225 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1227 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1228 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1229 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1230 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1231 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1232 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1233 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1234 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1235 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1236 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1237 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1238 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1239 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1240 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1241 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1242 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1245 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1247 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1249 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1250 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1252 * Document the Enhances relationship
1253 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1254 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1255 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1256 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1257 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1258 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1260 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1262 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1263 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1264 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1265 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1267 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1268 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1269 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1270 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1271 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1273 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1275 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1277 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1278 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1279 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1281 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1282 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1283 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1284 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1285 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1286 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1287 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1288 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1289 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1291 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1293 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1295 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1297 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1298 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1299 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1300 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1301 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1302 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1303 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1304 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1305 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1306 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1307 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1308 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1309 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1310 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1311 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1312 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1313 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1314 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1315 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1316 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1317 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1318 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1320 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1321 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1323 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1325 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1327 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1328 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1329 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1330 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1331 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1332 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1333 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1334 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1335 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1336 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1337 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1338 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1339 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1340 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1341 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1342 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1343 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1344 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1345 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1346 list closes: Bug#53756
1347 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1348 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1349 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1350 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1351 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1352 policy closes: Bug#53760
1353 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1354 policy closes: Bug#53761
1355 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1356 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1357 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1358 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1359 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1360 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1361 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1362 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1363 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1364 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1365 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1367 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1368 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1369 to install with older fileutils.
1370 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1371 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1372 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1373 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1375 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1376 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1378 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1380 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1382 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1383 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1385 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1387 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1389 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1390 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1392 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1395 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1397 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1398 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1400 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1402 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1404 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1406 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1407 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1409 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1411 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1413 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1414 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1415 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1416 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1417 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1418 directoried (closes: #41547)
1419 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1420 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1421 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1422 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1423 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1424 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1425 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1426 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1427 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1428 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1429 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1431 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1432 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1433 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1434 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1435 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1436 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1437 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1439 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1440 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1441 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1442 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1444 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1446 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1448 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1449 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1451 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1453 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1455 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1456 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1458 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1460 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1462 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1463 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1465 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1466 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1467 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1468 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1469 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1470 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1471 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1472 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1473 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1474 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1475 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1476 this closes: Bug#38612
1477 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1478 before. closes: Bug#40864
1480 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1482 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1484 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1485 officially uploaded.
1486 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1488 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1489 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1490 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1492 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1493 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1494 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1495 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1496 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1497 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1499 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1500 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1501 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1503 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1505 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1506 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1507 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1508 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1509 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1511 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1513 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1515 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1516 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1517 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1518 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1519 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1520 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1521 there). closes: Bug#34233
1522 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1523 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1524 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1525 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1526 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1528 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1530 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1532 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1533 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1534 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1535 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1538 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1539 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1540 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1541 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1542 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1545 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1546 number. closes: BUG#25911
1548 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1549 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1550 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1551 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1552 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1553 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1555 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1556 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1557 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1560 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1561 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1562 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1564 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1565 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1566 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1567 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1569 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1570 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1571 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1573 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1575 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1576 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1577 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1578 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1579 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1580 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1581 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1582 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1585 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1587 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1588 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1591 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1593 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1595 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1597 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1599 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1601 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1602 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1603 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1604 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1605 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1606 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1607 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1608 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1610 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1611 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1613 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1615 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1617 * non-maintainer release
1618 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1619 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1621 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1622 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1623 * no content changes
1624 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1626 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1628 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1632 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1634 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1636 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1638 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1639 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1640 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1642 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1643 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1645 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1646 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1647 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1648 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1650 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1651 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1652 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1653 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1654 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1655 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1656 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1658 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1659 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1660 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1663 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1664 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1665 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1667 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1668 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1669 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1671 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1672 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1674 * New version numbering scheme:
1676 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1677 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1678 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1681 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1682 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1683 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1684 differ between the manuals.
1686 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1687 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1688 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1689 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1691 * Packaging changes:
1693 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1694 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1696 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1698 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1700 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1702 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1704 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1705 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1706 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1708 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1709 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1712 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1713 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1714 file extension as the referenced file
1716 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1717 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1719 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1720 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1721 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1722 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1725 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1726 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1727 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1729 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1730 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1731 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1732 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1735 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1736 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1739 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1740 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1741 reasonable default configuration
1743 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1744 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1745 by all news servers and clients
1747 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1748 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1749 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1750 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1751 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1753 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1754 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1757 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1759 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1760 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1762 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1765 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1766 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1768 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1769 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1771 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1773 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1775 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1777 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1778 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1779 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1780 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1782 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1784 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1785 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1786 * Don't use debstd anymore
1788 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1790 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1792 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1793 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1794 contrib/non-free policy
1795 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1796 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1797 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1798 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1799 - new section about `Daemons'
1800 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1801 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1802 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1803 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1804 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1805 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1806 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1807 * SGML source code included in package
1808 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1810 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1812 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1814 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1815 - completely reworked structure
1816 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1817 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1818 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1819 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1820 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1821 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1822 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1823 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1824 - mention "orphaned packages"
1825 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1826 distributions' policy
1827 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1828 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1829 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1830 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1831 - added section about arch spec strings
1832 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1833 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1834 - added section about "menus"
1835 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1836 the new documentation policy soon
1837 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1838 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1840 - added section about editors and pagers
1841 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1842 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1843 - added section about device files
1844 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1845 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1846 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1848 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1849 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1850 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1851 - Added new section about obsolete names
1852 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1853 * Fixed package's description
1855 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1857 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1859 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1861 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1863 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1865 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1866 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1867 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1868 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1870 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1872 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1874 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1875 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1876 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1878 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1879 and upload it "byhand" too.
1881 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1883 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1886 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1887 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1888 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1889 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1890 functionality must not have the same name.
1891 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1892 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1893 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1894 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1895 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1896 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1897 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1899 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1900 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1901 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1902 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1903 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1904 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1905 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1906 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1909 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1911 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1913 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1915 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1916 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1917 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1918 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1919 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1922 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1924 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1926 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1928 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1929 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1930 description of deb file format.
1931 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1932 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1934 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1936 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1937 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1939 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1941 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1943 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1944 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1945 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1946 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1947 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1948 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1949 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1950 packages in section on Procedure
1951 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1952 a package maintainer
1953 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1954 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1955 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1957 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1958 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1959 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1960 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1961 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1962 on various shlib files
1963 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1964 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1965 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1967 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1969 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1971 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1972 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1973 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1975 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1976 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1977 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1978 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1979 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1981 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1983 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1985 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1987 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1989 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1990 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1991 compatibility go in contrib.
1993 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1994 instructions in policy manual.
1995 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1998 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2000 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2002 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2003 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2004 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2005 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2007 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2008 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2011 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2013 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2015 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2016 * More detail about changelog format names.
2018 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2019 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2023 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2025 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2027 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2029 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2031 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2033 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2035 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2037 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2038 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2039 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2041 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2043 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2045 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2047 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2049 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2053 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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