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4 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
5 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
7 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
8 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
12 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
15 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
16 Wording: Steve Langasek.
17 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
18 Seconded: Julien Cristau
22 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
23 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
24 Seconded: Russ Allbery
25 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
28 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
29 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
30 Seconded: Russ Allbery
32 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
33 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
34 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
35 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
38 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
39 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
41 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
42 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
43 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
46 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 21 Oct 2009 15:46:35 -0500
48 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
50 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
51 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
53 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
55 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
56 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
57 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
58 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
60 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
61 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
62 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
63 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
65 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
66 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
67 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
68 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
69 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
70 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
72 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
73 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
74 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
75 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
76 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
78 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
79 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
80 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
81 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
83 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
84 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
85 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
86 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
88 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
89 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
90 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
91 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
93 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
94 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
95 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
96 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
98 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
99 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
100 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
101 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
103 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
104 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
105 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
106 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
107 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
108 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
109 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
110 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
111 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
112 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
113 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
114 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
115 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
116 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
117 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
119 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
120 Source field descriptions.
121 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
122 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
123 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
124 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
125 description says otherwise.
127 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
129 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
132 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
133 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
134 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
135 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
136 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
137 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
139 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
140 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
141 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
142 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
144 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
145 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
146 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
147 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
149 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
150 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
151 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
152 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
154 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
155 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
156 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
157 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
161 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
162 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
163 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
164 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
165 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
167 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
168 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
169 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
170 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
172 * Add myself to Uploaders.
175 * Add myself to Uploaders.
176 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
178 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
179 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
180 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
182 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
184 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
186 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
187 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
188 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
189 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
191 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
192 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
193 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
194 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
196 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
197 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
198 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
199 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
201 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
202 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
203 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
204 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
206 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
207 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
208 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
209 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
211 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
212 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
213 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
214 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
216 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
217 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
218 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
219 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
221 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
222 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
223 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
224 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
226 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
227 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
228 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
229 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
231 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
232 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
233 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
234 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
236 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
237 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
238 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
239 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
240 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
242 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
243 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
244 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
245 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
246 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
247 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
248 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
249 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
250 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
251 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
252 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
253 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
254 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
255 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
256 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
257 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
258 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
259 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
260 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
261 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
262 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
263 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
264 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
265 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
266 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
267 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
268 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
269 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
270 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
271 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
273 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
274 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
275 links was completed long ago.
276 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
278 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
280 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
282 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
283 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
285 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
287 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
289 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
290 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
291 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
292 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
293 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
294 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
295 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
296 Millan (Closes: #209008).
297 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
298 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
300 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
302 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
304 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
305 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
306 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
307 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
308 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
309 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
310 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
312 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
313 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
314 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
315 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
317 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
318 Küster (Closes: #403391).
319 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
320 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
321 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
322 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
323 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
324 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
325 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
326 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
327 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
328 Closes: #186700, #458910
329 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
330 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
331 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
333 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
334 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
335 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
336 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
337 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
338 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
339 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
340 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
342 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
343 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
345 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
346 * Add an md5sums control file.
347 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
348 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
349 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
350 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
351 currently part of policy.
352 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
353 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
354 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
357 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
359 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
361 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
362 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
363 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
364 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
365 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
366 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
367 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
368 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
369 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
370 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
371 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
372 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
373 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
374 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
375 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
376 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
378 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
380 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
381 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
382 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
384 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
385 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
386 list?" (Closes: #412634).
387 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
388 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
389 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
390 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
391 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
392 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
393 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
394 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
395 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
396 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
397 debconf specification.
398 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
399 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
401 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
403 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
405 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
406 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
407 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
408 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
409 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
411 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
413 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
414 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
415 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
416 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
417 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
419 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
420 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
421 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
422 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
423 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
424 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
425 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
426 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
427 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
428 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
429 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
430 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
431 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
432 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
433 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
434 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
436 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
438 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
439 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
440 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
441 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
442 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
443 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
444 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
445 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
447 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
449 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
451 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
452 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
453 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
454 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
455 Polo (Closes: #372497).
456 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
457 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
459 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
460 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
461 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
462 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
463 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
464 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
465 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
466 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
467 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
468 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
470 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
471 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
472 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
473 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
474 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
475 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
477 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
479 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
481 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
482 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
483 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
484 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
486 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
487 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
489 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
491 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
493 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
494 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
495 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
496 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
497 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
498 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
499 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
500 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
501 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
502 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
504 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
505 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
506 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
507 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
508 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
509 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
510 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
511 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
512 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
513 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
514 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
517 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
519 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
521 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
522 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
523 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
524 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
525 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
526 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
527 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
528 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
529 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
530 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
531 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
532 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
533 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
534 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
535 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
536 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
537 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
538 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
539 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
540 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
541 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
542 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
543 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
544 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
545 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
546 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
547 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
548 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
550 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
551 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
552 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
553 Hess (Closes: #362247).
554 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
555 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
556 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
557 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
558 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
559 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
560 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
561 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
562 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
563 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
564 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
565 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
567 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
568 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
570 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
571 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
572 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
573 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
574 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
575 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
576 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
577 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
578 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
579 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
580 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
582 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
584 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
587 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
588 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
589 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
590 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
591 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
592 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
593 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
594 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
595 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
596 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
597 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
598 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
599 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
601 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
602 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
603 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
604 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
605 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
606 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
607 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
608 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
609 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
610 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
611 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
612 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
613 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
614 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
615 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
616 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
617 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
618 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
619 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
622 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
624 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
626 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
627 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
628 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
629 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
631 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
632 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
633 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
634 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
636 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
638 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
641 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
642 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
643 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
644 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
645 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
646 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
647 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
648 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
649 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
650 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
652 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
653 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
654 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
656 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
657 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
658 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
659 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
660 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
661 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
662 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
664 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
665 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
666 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
667 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
669 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
670 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
671 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
672 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
673 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
674 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
675 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
676 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
678 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
679 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
680 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
681 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
682 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
683 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
684 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
685 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
686 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
687 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
688 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
689 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
690 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
691 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
692 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
693 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
694 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
696 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
698 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
701 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
702 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
703 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
704 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
705 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
706 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
707 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
708 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
709 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
711 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
712 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
713 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
714 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
715 this section. closes: Bug#248618
716 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
717 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
718 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
719 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
720 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
721 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
722 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
723 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
724 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
725 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
726 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
727 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
729 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
730 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
731 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
734 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
735 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
736 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
738 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
739 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
740 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
741 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
742 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
743 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
745 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
746 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
748 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
749 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
750 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
751 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
752 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
753 Closes: #185943, #237049
755 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
757 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
760 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
763 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
764 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
765 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
766 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
767 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
768 running. closes: Bug#187250
769 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
770 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
771 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
772 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
773 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
774 user closes: Bug#176506
776 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
778 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
781 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
782 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
783 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
784 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
785 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
786 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
787 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
788 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
789 deb-building toolchain.
790 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
791 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
792 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
793 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
794 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
795 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
796 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
797 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
798 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
799 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
800 sections about changelog files.
802 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
803 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
804 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
805 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
806 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
807 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
809 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
810 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
811 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
812 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
813 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
814 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
815 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
816 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
817 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
818 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
819 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
820 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
821 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
822 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
823 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
824 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
825 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
826 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
827 for the restructuring
829 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
831 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
834 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
836 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
837 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
838 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
839 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
840 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
841 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
843 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
844 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
845 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
846 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
847 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
848 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
849 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
851 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
852 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
853 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
854 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
856 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
858 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
861 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
862 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
863 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
864 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
865 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
866 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
868 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
869 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
870 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
871 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
873 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
874 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
875 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
876 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
877 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
878 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
879 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
880 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
881 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
883 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
884 script should start it, closes: #60979
885 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
886 "should", closes: #170019
887 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
888 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
889 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
890 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
891 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
892 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
893 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
894 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
897 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
899 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
902 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
903 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
904 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
905 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
906 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
907 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
908 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
909 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
910 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
912 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
913 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
914 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
915 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
916 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
917 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
918 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
919 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
920 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
922 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
923 file, closes: Bug#65764
925 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
927 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
929 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
930 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
931 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
932 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
933 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
934 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
935 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
936 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
937 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
938 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
939 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
940 details. closes: Bug#133030
941 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
942 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
945 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
947 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
949 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
950 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
951 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
952 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
953 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
954 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
955 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
956 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
957 not. closes: Bug#139820
958 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
959 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
960 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
961 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
962 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
963 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
964 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
965 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
966 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
967 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
969 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
971 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
972 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
973 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
974 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
975 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
976 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
977 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
978 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
979 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
980 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
981 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
982 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
983 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
984 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
985 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
986 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
987 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
988 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
989 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
990 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
992 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
993 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
994 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
995 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
996 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
997 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
998 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1000 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1001 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1002 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1003 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1004 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1005 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1006 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1007 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1008 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1010 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1012 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1014 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1015 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1016 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1017 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1018 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1019 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1020 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1021 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1022 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1023 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1024 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1025 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1026 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1027 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1028 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1029 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1030 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1031 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1032 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1033 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1034 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1035 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1036 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1038 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1040 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1042 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1043 medium, high, emergency.
1044 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1045 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1046 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1047 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1048 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1051 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1052 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1053 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1055 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1056 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1057 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1058 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1059 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1060 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1061 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1064 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1066 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1068 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1069 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1070 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1071 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1073 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1074 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1075 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1076 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1077 debian/rules to do this
1078 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1079 patches are incorporated upstream
1080 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1081 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1082 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1083 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1084 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1085 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1087 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1088 system closes: Bug#91249
1089 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1090 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1091 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1092 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1093 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1094 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1095 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1096 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1097 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1098 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1099 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1100 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1101 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1103 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1105 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1107 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1108 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1109 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1110 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1112 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1113 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1114 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1116 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1119 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1121 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1123 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1124 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1125 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1126 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1127 package for the time being
1128 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1129 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1130 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1131 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1132 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1133 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1134 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1135 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1136 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1137 Build-Depends arch syntax
1138 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1140 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1141 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1143 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1144 from policy maintenance duties.
1145 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1146 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1148 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1150 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1152 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1154 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1156 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1158 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1159 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1160 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1161 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1162 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1163 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1164 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1165 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1166 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1167 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1168 minor version number for this
1169 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1170 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1171 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1172 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1173 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1174 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1175 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1176 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1177 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1179 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1181 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1183 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1184 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1185 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1186 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1187 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1189 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1191 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1192 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1193 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1194 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1195 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1196 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1197 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1198 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1199 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1200 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1201 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1202 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1203 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1204 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1205 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1206 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1209 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1211 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1213 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1214 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1216 * Document the Enhances relationship
1217 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1218 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1219 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1220 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1221 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1222 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1224 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1226 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1227 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1228 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1229 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1231 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1232 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1233 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1234 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1235 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1237 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1239 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1241 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1242 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1243 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1245 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1246 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1247 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1248 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1249 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1250 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1251 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1252 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1253 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1255 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1257 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1259 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1261 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1262 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1263 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1264 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1265 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1266 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1267 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1268 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1269 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1270 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1271 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1272 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1273 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1274 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1275 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1276 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1277 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1278 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1279 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1280 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1281 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1282 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1284 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1285 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1287 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1289 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1291 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1292 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1293 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1294 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1295 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1296 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1297 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1298 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1299 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1300 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1301 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1302 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1303 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1304 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1305 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1306 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1307 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1308 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1309 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1310 list closes: Bug#53756
1311 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1312 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1313 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1314 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1315 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1316 policy closes: Bug#53760
1317 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1318 policy closes: Bug#53761
1319 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1320 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1321 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1322 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1323 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1324 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1325 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1326 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1327 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1328 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1329 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1331 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1332 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1333 to install with older fileutils.
1334 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1335 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1336 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1337 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1339 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1340 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1342 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1344 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1346 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1347 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1349 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1351 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1353 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1354 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1356 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1359 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1361 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1362 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1364 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1366 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1368 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1370 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1371 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1373 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1375 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1377 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1378 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1379 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1380 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1381 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1382 directoried (closes: #41547)
1383 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1384 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1385 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1386 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1387 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1388 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1389 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1390 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1391 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1392 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1393 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1395 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1396 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1397 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1398 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1399 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1400 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1401 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1403 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1404 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1405 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1406 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1408 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1410 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1412 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1413 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1415 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1417 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1419 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1420 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1422 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1424 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1426 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1427 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1429 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1430 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1431 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1432 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1433 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1434 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1435 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1436 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1437 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1438 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1439 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1440 this closes: Bug#38612
1441 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1442 before. closes: Bug#40864
1444 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1446 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1448 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1449 officially uploaded.
1450 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1452 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1453 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1454 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1456 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1457 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1458 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1459 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1460 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1461 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1463 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1464 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1465 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1467 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1469 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1470 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1471 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1472 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1473 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1475 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1477 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1479 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1480 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1481 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1482 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1483 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1484 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1485 there). closes: Bug#34233
1486 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1487 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1488 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1489 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1490 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1492 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1494 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1496 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1497 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1498 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1499 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1502 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1503 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1504 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1505 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1506 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1509 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1510 number. closes: BUG#25911
1512 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1513 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1514 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1515 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1516 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1517 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1519 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1520 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1521 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1524 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1525 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1526 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1528 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1529 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1530 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1531 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1533 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1534 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1535 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1537 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1539 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1540 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1541 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1542 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1543 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1544 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1545 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1546 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1549 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1551 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1552 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1555 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1557 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1559 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1561 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1563 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1565 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1566 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1567 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1568 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1569 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1570 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1571 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1572 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1574 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1575 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1577 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1579 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1581 * non-maintainer release
1582 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1583 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1585 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1586 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1587 * no content changes
1588 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1590 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1592 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1596 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1598 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1600 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1602 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1603 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1604 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1606 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1607 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1609 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1610 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1611 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1612 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1614 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1615 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1616 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1617 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1618 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1619 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1620 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1622 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1623 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1624 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1627 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1628 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1629 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1631 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1632 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1633 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1635 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1636 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1638 * New version numbering scheme:
1640 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1641 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1642 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1645 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1646 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1647 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1648 differ between the manuals.
1650 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1651 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1652 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1653 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1655 * Packaging changes:
1657 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1658 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1660 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1662 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1664 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1666 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1668 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1669 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1670 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1672 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1673 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1676 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1677 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1678 file extension as the referenced file
1680 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1681 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1683 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1684 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1685 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1686 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1689 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1690 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1691 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1693 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1694 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1695 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1696 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1699 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1700 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1703 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1704 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1705 reasonable default configuration
1707 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1708 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1709 by all news servers and clients
1711 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1712 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1713 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1714 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1715 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1717 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1718 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1721 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1723 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1724 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1726 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1729 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1730 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1732 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1733 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1735 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1737 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1739 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1741 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1742 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1743 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1744 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1746 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1748 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1749 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1750 * Don't use debstd anymore
1752 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1754 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1756 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1757 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1758 contrib/non-free policy
1759 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1760 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1761 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1762 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1763 - new section about `Daemons'
1764 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1765 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1766 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1767 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1768 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1769 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1770 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1771 * SGML source code included in package
1772 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1774 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1776 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1778 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1779 - completely reworked structure
1780 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1781 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1782 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1783 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1784 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1785 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1786 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1787 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1788 - mention "orphaned packages"
1789 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1790 distributions' policy
1791 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1792 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1793 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1794 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1795 - added section about arch spec strings
1796 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1797 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1798 - added section about "menus"
1799 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1800 the new documentation policy soon
1801 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1802 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1804 - added section about editors and pagers
1805 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1806 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1807 - added section about device files
1808 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1809 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1810 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1812 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1813 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1814 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1815 - Added new section about obsolete names
1816 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1817 * Fixed package's description
1819 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1821 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1823 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1825 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1827 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1829 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1830 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1831 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1832 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1834 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1836 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1838 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1839 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1840 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1842 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1843 and upload it "byhand" too.
1845 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1847 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1850 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1851 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1852 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1853 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1854 functionality must not have the same name.
1855 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1856 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1857 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1858 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1859 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1860 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1861 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1863 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1864 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1865 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1866 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1867 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1868 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1869 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1870 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1873 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1875 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1877 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1879 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1880 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1881 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1882 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1883 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1886 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1888 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1890 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1892 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1893 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1894 description of deb file format.
1895 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1896 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1898 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1900 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1901 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1903 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1905 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1907 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1908 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1909 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1910 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1911 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1912 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1913 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1914 packages in section on Procedure
1915 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1916 a package maintainer
1917 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1918 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1919 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1921 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1922 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1923 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1924 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1925 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1926 on various shlib files
1927 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1928 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1929 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1931 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1933 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1935 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1936 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1937 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1939 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1940 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1941 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1942 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1943 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1945 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1947 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1949 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1951 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1953 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1954 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1955 compatibility go in contrib.
1957 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1958 instructions in policy manual.
1959 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1962 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1964 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1966 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1967 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1968 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1969 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1971 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1972 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1975 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1977 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1979 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1980 * More detail about changelog format names.
1982 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1983 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1987 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1989 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1991 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1993 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1995 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1997 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1999 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2001 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2002 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2003 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2005 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2007 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2009 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2011 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2013 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2017 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100