1 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
4 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
5 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
6 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
7 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
8 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
9 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
10 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
11 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
12 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
13 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
17 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
19 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
20 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
21 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
22 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
23 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
25 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
27 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
28 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
29 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
30 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
31 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
33 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
34 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
35 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
36 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
37 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
38 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
39 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
40 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
41 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
42 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
43 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
44 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
45 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
46 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
47 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
48 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
50 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
52 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
53 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
54 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
55 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
56 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
57 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
58 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
59 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
61 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
63 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
65 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
66 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
67 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
68 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
69 Polo (Closes: #372497).
70 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
71 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
73 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
74 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
75 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
76 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
77 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
78 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
79 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
80 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
81 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
82 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
84 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
85 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
86 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
87 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
88 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
89 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
91 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
93 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
95 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
96 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
97 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
98 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
100 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
101 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
103 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
105 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
107 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
108 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
109 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
110 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
111 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
112 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
113 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
114 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
115 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
116 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
118 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
119 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
120 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
121 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
122 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
123 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
124 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
125 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
126 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
127 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
128 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
131 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
133 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
135 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
136 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
137 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
138 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
139 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
140 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
141 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
142 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
143 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
144 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
145 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
146 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
147 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
148 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
149 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
150 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
151 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
152 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
153 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
154 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
155 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
156 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
157 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
158 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
159 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
160 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
161 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
162 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
164 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
165 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
166 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
167 Hess (Closes: #362247).
168 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
169 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
170 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
171 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
172 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
173 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
174 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
175 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
176 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
177 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
178 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
179 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
181 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
182 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
184 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
185 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
186 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
187 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
188 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
189 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
190 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
191 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
192 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
193 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
194 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
196 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
198 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
201 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
202 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
203 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
204 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
205 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
206 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
207 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
208 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
209 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
210 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
211 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
212 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
213 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
215 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
216 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
217 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
218 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
219 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
220 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
221 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
222 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
223 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
224 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
225 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
226 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
227 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
228 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
229 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
230 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
231 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
232 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
233 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
236 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
238 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
240 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
241 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
242 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
243 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
245 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
246 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
247 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
248 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
250 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
252 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
255 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
256 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
257 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
258 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
259 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
260 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
261 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
262 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
263 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
264 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
266 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
267 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
268 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
270 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
271 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
272 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
273 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
274 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
275 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
276 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
278 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
279 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
280 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
281 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
283 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
284 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
285 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
286 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
287 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
288 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
289 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
290 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
292 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
293 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
294 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
295 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
296 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
297 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
298 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
299 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
300 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
301 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
302 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
303 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
304 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
305 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
306 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
307 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
308 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
310 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
312 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
315 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
316 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
317 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
318 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
319 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
320 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
321 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
322 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
323 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
325 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
326 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
327 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
328 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
329 this section. closes: Bug#248618
330 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
331 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
332 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
333 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
334 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
335 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
336 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
337 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
338 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
339 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
340 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
341 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
343 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
344 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
345 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
348 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
349 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
350 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
352 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
353 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
354 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
355 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
356 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
357 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
359 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
360 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
362 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
363 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
364 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
365 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
366 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
367 Closes: #185943, #237049
369 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
371 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
374 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
377 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
378 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
379 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
380 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
381 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
382 running. closes: Bug#187250
383 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
384 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
385 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
386 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
387 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
388 user closes: Bug#176506
390 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
392 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
395 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
396 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
397 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
398 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
399 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
400 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
401 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
402 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
403 deb-building toolchain.
404 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
405 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
406 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
407 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
408 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
409 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
410 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
411 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
412 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
413 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
414 sections about changelog files.
416 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
417 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
418 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
419 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
420 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
421 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
423 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
424 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
425 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
426 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
427 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
428 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
429 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
430 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
431 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
432 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
433 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
434 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
435 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
436 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
437 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
438 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
439 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
440 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
441 for the restructuring
443 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
445 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
448 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
450 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
451 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
452 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
453 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
454 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
455 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
457 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
458 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
459 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
460 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
461 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
462 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
463 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
465 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
466 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
467 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
468 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
470 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
472 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
475 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
476 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
477 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
478 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
479 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
480 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
482 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
483 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
484 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
485 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
487 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
488 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
489 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
490 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
491 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
492 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
493 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
494 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
495 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
497 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
498 script should start it, closes: #60979
499 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
500 "should", closes: #170019
501 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
502 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
503 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
504 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
505 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
506 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
507 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
508 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
511 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
513 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
516 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
517 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
518 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
519 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
520 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
521 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
522 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
523 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
524 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
526 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
527 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
528 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
529 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
530 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
531 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
532 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
533 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
534 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
536 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
537 file, closes: Bug#65764
539 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
541 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
543 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
544 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
545 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
546 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
547 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
548 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
549 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
550 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
551 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
552 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
553 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
554 details. closes: Bug#133030
555 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
556 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
559 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
561 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
563 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
564 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
565 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
566 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
567 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
568 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
569 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
570 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
571 not. closes: Bug#139820
572 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
573 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
574 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
575 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
576 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
577 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
578 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
579 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
580 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
581 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
583 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
585 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
586 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
587 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
588 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
589 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
590 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
591 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
592 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
593 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
594 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
595 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
596 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
597 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
598 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
599 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
600 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
601 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
602 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
603 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
604 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
606 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
607 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
608 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
609 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
610 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
611 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
612 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
614 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
615 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
616 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
617 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
618 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
619 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
620 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
621 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
622 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
624 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
626 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
628 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
629 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
630 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
631 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
632 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
633 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
634 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
635 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
636 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
637 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
638 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
639 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
640 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
641 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
642 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
643 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
644 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
645 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
646 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
647 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
648 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
649 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
650 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
652 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
654 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
656 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
657 medium, high, emergency.
658 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
659 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
660 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
661 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
662 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
665 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
666 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
667 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
669 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
670 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
671 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
672 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
673 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
674 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
675 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
678 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
680 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
682 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
683 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
684 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
685 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
687 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
688 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
689 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
690 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
691 debian/rules to do this
692 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
693 patches are incorporated upstream
694 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
695 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
696 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
697 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
698 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
699 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
701 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
702 system closes: Bug#91249
703 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
704 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
705 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
706 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
707 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
708 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
709 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
710 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
711 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
712 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
713 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
714 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
715 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
717 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
719 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
721 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
722 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
723 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
724 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
726 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
727 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
728 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
730 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
733 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
735 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
737 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
738 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
739 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
740 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
741 package for the time being
742 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
743 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
744 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
745 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
746 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
747 * Rename all .text files as .txt
748 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
749 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
750 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
751 Build-Depends arch syntax
752 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
754 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
755 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
757 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
758 from policy maintenance duties.
759 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
760 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
762 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
764 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
766 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
768 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
770 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
772 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
773 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
774 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
775 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
776 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
777 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
778 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
779 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
780 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
781 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
782 minor version number for this
783 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
784 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
785 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
786 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
787 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
788 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
789 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
790 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
791 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
793 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
795 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
797 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
798 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
799 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
800 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
801 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
803 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
805 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
806 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
807 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
808 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
809 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
810 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
811 xutils closes: Bug#82966
812 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
813 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
814 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
815 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
816 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
817 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
818 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
819 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
820 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
823 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
825 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
827 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
828 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
830 * Document the Enhances relationship
831 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
832 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
833 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
834 policy. closes: Bug#53496
835 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
836 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
838 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
840 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
841 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
842 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
843 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
845 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
846 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
847 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
848 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
849 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
851 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
853 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
855 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
856 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
857 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
859 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
860 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
861 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
862 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
863 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
864 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
865 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
866 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
867 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
869 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
871 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
873 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
875 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
876 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
877 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
878 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
879 policy. closes: Bug#64437
880 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
881 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
882 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
883 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
884 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
885 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
886 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
887 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
888 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
889 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
890 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
891 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
892 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
893 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
894 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
895 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
896 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
898 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
899 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
901 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
903 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
905 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
906 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
907 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
908 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
909 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
910 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
911 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
912 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
913 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
914 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
915 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
916 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
917 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
918 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
919 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
920 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
921 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
922 alternative closes: Bug#53755
923 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
924 list closes: Bug#53756
925 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
926 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
927 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
928 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
929 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
930 policy closes: Bug#53760
931 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
932 policy closes: Bug#53761
933 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
934 that use X closes: Bug#53762
935 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
936 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
937 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
938 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
939 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
940 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
941 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
942 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
943 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
945 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
946 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
947 to install with older fileutils.
948 * Installed FHS version 2.1
949 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
950 * Added FHS details to copyright file
951 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
953 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
954 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
956 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
958 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
960 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
961 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
963 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
965 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
967 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
968 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
970 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
973 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
975 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
976 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
978 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
980 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
982 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
984 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
985 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
987 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
989 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
991 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
992 #45561, #42447, #48570)
993 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
994 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
995 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
996 directoried (closes: #41547)
997 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
998 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
999 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1000 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1001 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1002 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1003 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1004 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1005 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1006 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1007 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1009 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1010 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1011 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1012 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1013 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1014 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1015 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1017 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1018 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1019 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1020 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1022 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1024 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1026 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1027 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1029 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1031 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1033 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1034 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1036 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1038 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1040 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1041 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1043 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1044 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1045 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1046 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1047 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1048 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1049 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1050 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1051 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1052 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1053 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1054 this closes: Bug#38612
1055 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1056 before. closes: Bug#40864
1058 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1060 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1062 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1063 officially uploaded.
1064 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1066 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1067 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1068 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1070 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1071 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1072 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1073 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1074 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1075 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1077 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1078 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1079 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1081 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1083 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1084 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1085 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1086 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1087 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1089 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1091 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1093 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1094 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1095 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1096 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1097 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1098 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1099 there). closes: Bug#34233
1100 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1101 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1102 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1103 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1104 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1106 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1108 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1110 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1111 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1112 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1113 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1116 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1117 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1118 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1119 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1120 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1123 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1124 number. closes: BUG#25911
1126 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1127 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1128 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1129 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1130 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1131 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1133 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1134 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1135 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1138 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1139 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1140 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1142 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1143 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1144 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1145 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1147 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1148 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1149 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1151 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1153 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1154 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1155 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1156 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1157 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1158 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1159 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1160 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1163 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1165 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1166 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1169 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1171 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1173 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1175 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1177 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1179 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1180 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1181 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1182 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1183 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1184 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1185 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1186 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1188 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1189 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1191 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1193 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1195 * non-maintainer release
1196 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1197 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1199 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1200 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1201 * no content changes
1202 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1204 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1206 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1210 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1212 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1214 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1216 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1217 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1218 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1220 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1221 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1223 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1224 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1225 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1226 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1228 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1229 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1230 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1231 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1232 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1233 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1234 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1236 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1237 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1238 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1241 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1242 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1243 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1245 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1246 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1247 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1249 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1250 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1252 * New version numbering scheme:
1254 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1255 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1256 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1259 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1260 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1261 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1262 differ between the manuals.
1264 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1265 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1266 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1267 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1269 * Packaging changes:
1271 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1272 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1274 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1276 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1278 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1280 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1282 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1283 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1284 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1286 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1287 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1290 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1291 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1292 file extension as the referenced file
1294 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1295 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1297 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1298 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1299 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1300 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1303 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1304 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1305 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1307 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1308 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1309 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1310 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1313 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1314 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1317 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1318 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1319 reasonable default configuration
1321 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1322 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1323 by all news servers and clients
1325 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1326 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1327 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1328 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1329 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1331 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1332 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1335 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1337 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1338 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1340 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1343 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1344 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1346 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1347 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1349 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1351 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1353 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1355 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1356 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1357 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1358 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1360 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1362 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1363 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1364 * Don't use debstd anymore
1366 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1368 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1370 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1371 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1372 contrib/non-free policy
1373 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1374 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1375 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1376 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1377 - new section about `Daemons'
1378 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1379 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1380 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1381 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1382 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1383 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1384 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1385 * SGML source code included in package
1386 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1388 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1390 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1392 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1393 - completely reworked structure
1394 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1395 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1396 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1397 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1398 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1399 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1400 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1401 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1402 - mention "orphaned packages"
1403 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1404 distributions' policy
1405 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1406 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1407 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1408 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1409 - added section about arch spec strings
1410 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1411 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1412 - added section about "menus"
1413 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1414 the new documentation policy soon
1415 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1416 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1418 - added section about editors and pagers
1419 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1420 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1421 - added section about device files
1422 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1423 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1424 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1426 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1427 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1428 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1429 - Added new section about obsolete names
1430 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1431 * Fixed package's description
1433 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1435 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1437 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1439 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1441 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1443 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1444 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1445 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1446 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1448 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1450 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1452 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1453 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1454 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1456 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1457 and upload it "byhand" too.
1459 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1461 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1464 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1465 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1466 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1467 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1468 functionality must not have the same name.
1469 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1470 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1471 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1472 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1473 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1474 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1475 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1477 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1478 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1479 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1480 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1481 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1482 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1483 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1484 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1487 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1489 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1491 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1493 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1494 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1495 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1496 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1497 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1500 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1502 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1504 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1506 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1507 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1508 description of deb file format.
1509 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1510 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1512 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1514 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1515 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1517 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1519 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1521 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1522 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1523 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1524 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1525 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1526 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1527 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1528 packages in section on Procedure
1529 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1530 a package maintainer
1531 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1532 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1533 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1535 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1536 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1537 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1538 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1539 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1540 on various shlib files
1541 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1542 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1543 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1545 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1547 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1549 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1550 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1551 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1553 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1554 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1555 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1556 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1557 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1559 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1561 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1563 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1565 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1567 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1568 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1569 compatibility go in contrib.
1571 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1572 instructions in policy manual.
1573 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1576 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1578 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1580 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1581 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1582 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1583 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1585 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1586 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1589 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1591 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1593 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1594 * More detail about changelog format names.
1596 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1597 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1601 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1603 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1605 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1607 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1609 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1611 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1613 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1615 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1616 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1617 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1619 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1621 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1623 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1625 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1627 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1631 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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