1 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
4 XXX write a better description here XXX
5 XXX update the section numbers in the upgrading checklist XXX
6 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
7 * Added Apps/Educational to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
8 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
9 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
10 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
11 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
13 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
14 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
15 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
16 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
17 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
18 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep should not be satisfied
19 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411
20 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
21 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
22 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
26 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
29 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
31 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
32 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
33 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
34 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
35 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
36 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
38 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
39 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
40 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
41 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
42 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
43 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
44 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
46 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
47 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
48 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
49 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
51 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
53 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
56 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
57 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
58 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
59 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
60 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
61 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
63 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
64 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
65 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
66 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
68 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
69 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
70 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
71 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
72 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
73 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
74 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
75 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
76 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
78 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
79 script should start it, closes: #60979
80 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
81 "should", closes: #170019
82 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
83 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
84 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
85 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
86 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
87 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
88 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
89 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
92 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
94 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
97 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
98 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
99 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
100 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
101 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
102 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
103 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
104 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
105 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
107 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
108 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
109 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
110 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
111 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
112 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
113 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
114 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
115 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
117 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
118 file, closes: Bug#65764
120 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
122 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
124 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
125 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
126 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
127 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
128 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
129 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
130 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
131 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
132 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
133 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
134 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
135 details. closes: Bug#133030
136 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
137 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
140 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
142 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
144 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
145 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
146 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
147 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
148 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
149 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
150 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
151 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
152 not. closes: Bug#139820
153 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
154 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
155 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
156 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
157 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
158 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
159 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
160 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
161 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
162 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
164 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
166 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
167 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
168 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
169 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
170 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
171 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
172 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
173 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
174 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
175 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
176 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
177 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
178 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
179 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
180 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
181 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
182 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
183 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
184 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
185 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
187 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
188 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
189 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
190 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
191 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
192 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
193 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
195 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
196 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
197 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
198 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
199 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
200 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
201 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
202 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
203 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
205 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
207 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
209 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
210 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
211 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
212 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
213 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
214 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
215 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
216 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
217 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
218 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
219 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
220 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
221 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
222 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
223 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
224 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
225 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
226 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
227 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
228 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
229 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
230 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
231 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
233 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
235 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
237 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
238 medium, high, emergency.
239 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
240 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
241 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
242 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
243 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
246 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
247 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
248 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
250 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
251 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
252 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
253 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
254 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
255 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
256 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
259 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
261 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
263 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
264 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
265 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
266 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
268 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
269 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
270 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
271 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
272 debian/rules to do this
273 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
274 patches are incorporated upstream
275 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
276 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
277 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
278 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
279 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
280 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
282 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
283 system closes: Bug#91249
284 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
285 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
286 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
287 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
288 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
289 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
290 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
291 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
292 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
293 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
294 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
295 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
296 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
298 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
300 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
302 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
303 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
304 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
305 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
307 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
308 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
309 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
311 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
314 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
316 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
318 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
319 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
320 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
321 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
322 package for the time being
323 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
324 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
325 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
326 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
327 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
328 * Rename all .text files as .txt
329 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
330 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
331 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
332 Build-Depends arch syntax
333 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
335 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
336 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
338 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
339 from policy maintenance duties.
340 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
341 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
343 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
345 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
347 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
349 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
351 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
353 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
354 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
355 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
356 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
357 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
358 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
359 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
360 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
361 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
362 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
363 minor version number for this
364 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
365 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
366 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
367 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
368 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
369 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
370 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
371 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
372 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
374 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
376 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
378 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
379 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
380 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
381 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
382 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
384 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
386 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
387 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
388 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
389 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
390 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
391 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
392 xutils closes: Bug#82966
393 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
394 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
395 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
396 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
397 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
398 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
399 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
400 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
401 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
404 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
406 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
408 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
409 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
411 * Document the Enhances relationship
412 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
413 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
414 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
415 policy. closes: Bug#53496
416 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
417 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
419 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
421 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
422 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
423 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
424 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
426 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
427 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
428 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
429 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
430 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
432 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
434 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
436 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
437 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
438 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
440 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
441 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
442 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
443 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
444 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
445 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
446 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
447 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
448 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
450 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
452 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
454 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
456 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
457 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
458 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
459 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
460 policy. closes: Bug#64437
461 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
462 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
463 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
464 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
465 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
466 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
467 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
468 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
469 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
470 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
471 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
472 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
473 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
474 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
475 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
476 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
477 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
479 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
480 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
482 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
484 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
486 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
487 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
488 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
489 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
490 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
491 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
492 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
493 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
494 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
495 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
496 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
497 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
498 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
499 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
500 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
501 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
502 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
503 alternative closes: Bug#53755
504 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
505 list closes: Bug#53756
506 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
507 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
508 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
509 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
510 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
511 policy closes: Bug#53760
512 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
513 policy closes: Bug#53761
514 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
515 that use X closes: Bug#53762
516 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
517 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
518 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
519 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
520 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
521 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
522 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
523 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
524 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
526 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
527 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
528 to install with older fileutils.
529 * Installed FHS version 2.1
530 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
531 * Added FHS details to copyright file
532 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
534 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
535 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
537 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
539 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
541 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
542 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
544 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
546 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
548 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
549 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
551 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
554 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
556 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
557 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
559 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
561 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
563 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
565 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
566 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
568 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
570 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
572 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
573 #45561, #42447, #48570)
574 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
575 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
576 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
577 directoried (closes: #41547)
578 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
579 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
580 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
581 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
582 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
583 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
584 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
585 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
586 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
587 package criteria (closes: #45318)
588 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
590 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
591 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
592 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
593 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
594 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
595 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
596 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
598 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
599 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
600 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
601 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
603 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
605 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
607 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
608 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
610 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
612 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
614 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
615 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
617 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
619 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
621 * A few typos and omissions corrected
622 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
624 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
625 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
626 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
627 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
628 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
629 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
630 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
631 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
632 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
633 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
634 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
635 this closes: Bug#38612
636 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
637 before. closes: Bug#40864
639 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
641 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
643 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
645 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
647 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
648 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
649 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
651 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
652 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
653 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
654 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
655 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
656 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
658 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
659 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
660 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
662 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
664 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
665 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
666 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
667 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
668 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
670 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
672 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
674 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
675 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
676 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
677 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
678 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
679 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
680 there). closes: Bug#34233
681 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
682 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
683 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
684 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
685 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
687 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
689 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
691 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
692 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
693 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
694 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
697 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
698 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
699 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
700 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
701 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
704 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
705 number. closes: BUG#25911
707 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
708 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
709 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
710 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
711 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
712 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
714 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
715 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
716 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
719 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
720 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
721 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
723 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
724 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
725 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
726 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
728 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
729 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
730 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
732 * Make the package optional, not extra.
734 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
735 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
736 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
737 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
738 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
739 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
740 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
741 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
744 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
746 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
747 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
750 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
752 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
754 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
756 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
758 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
760 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
761 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
762 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
763 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
764 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
765 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
766 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
767 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
769 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
770 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
772 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
774 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
776 * non-maintainer release
777 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
778 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
780 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
781 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
783 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
785 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
787 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
791 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
793 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
795 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
797 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
798 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
799 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
801 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
802 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
804 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
805 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
806 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
807 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
809 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
810 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
811 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
812 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
813 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
814 and restart options and to comply with the console message
815 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
817 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
818 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
819 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
822 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
823 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
824 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
826 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
827 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
828 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
830 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
831 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
833 * New version numbering scheme:
835 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
836 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
837 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
840 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
841 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
842 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
843 differ between the manuals.
845 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
846 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
847 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
848 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
852 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
853 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
855 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
857 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
859 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
861 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
863 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
864 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
865 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
867 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
868 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
871 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
872 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
873 file extension as the referenced file
875 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
876 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
878 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
879 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
880 start, stop, restart, force-reload
881 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
884 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
885 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
886 be installed into /etc/cron.d
888 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
889 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
890 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
891 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
894 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
895 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
898 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
899 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
900 reasonable default configuration
902 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
903 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
904 by all news servers and clients
906 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
907 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
908 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
909 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
910 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
912 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
913 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
916 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
918 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
919 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
921 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
924 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
925 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
927 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
928 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
930 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
932 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
934 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
936 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
937 - X library package is now called xlib6g
938 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
939 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
941 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
943 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
944 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
945 * Don't use debstd anymore
947 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
949 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
951 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
952 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
953 contrib/non-free policy
954 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
955 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
956 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
957 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
958 - new section about `Daemons'
959 - updated section about `Configuration files'
960 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
961 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
962 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
963 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
964 * Paper about libc6 migration:
965 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
966 * SGML source code included in package
967 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
969 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
971 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
973 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
974 - completely reworked structure
975 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
976 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
977 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
978 - removed all those ugly footnotes
979 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
980 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
981 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
982 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
983 - mention "orphaned packages"
984 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
985 distributions' policy
986 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
987 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
988 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
989 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
990 - added section about arch spec strings
991 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
992 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
993 - added section about "menus"
994 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
995 the new documentation policy soon
996 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
997 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
999 - added section about editors and pagers
1000 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1001 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1002 - added section about device files
1003 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1004 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1005 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1007 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1008 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1009 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1010 - Added new section about obsolete names
1011 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1012 * Fixed package's description
1014 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1016 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1018 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1020 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1022 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1024 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1025 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1026 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1027 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1029 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1031 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1033 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1034 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1035 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1037 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1038 and upload it "byhand" too.
1040 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1042 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1045 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1046 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1047 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1048 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1049 functionality must not have the same name.
1050 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1051 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1052 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1053 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1054 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1055 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1056 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1058 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1059 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1060 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1061 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1062 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1063 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1064 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1065 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1068 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1070 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1072 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1074 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1075 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1076 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1077 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1078 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1081 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1083 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1085 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1087 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1088 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1089 description of deb file format.
1090 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1091 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1093 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1095 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1096 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1098 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1100 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1102 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1103 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1104 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1105 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1106 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1107 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1108 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1109 packages in section on Procedure
1110 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1111 a package maintainer
1112 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1113 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1114 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1116 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1117 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1118 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1119 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1120 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1121 on various shlib files
1122 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1123 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1124 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1126 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1128 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1130 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1131 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1132 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1134 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1135 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1136 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1137 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1138 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1140 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1142 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1144 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1146 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1148 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1149 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1150 compatibility go in contrib.
1152 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1153 instructions in policy manual.
1154 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1157 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1159 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1161 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1162 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1163 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1164 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1166 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1167 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1170 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1172 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1174 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1175 * More detail about changelog format names.
1177 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1178 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1182 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1184 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1186 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1188 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1190 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1192 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1194 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1196 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1197 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1198 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1200 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1202 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1204 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1206 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1208 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1212 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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