1 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
5 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022.
6 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
7 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927.
8 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
9 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
11 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
12 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209.
16 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
19 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
20 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
21 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
22 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
23 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
24 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
25 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
26 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
27 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
29 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
30 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
31 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
32 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
33 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
34 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
35 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
36 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
37 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
39 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
40 file, closes: Bug#65764
42 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
44 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
46 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
47 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
48 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
49 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
50 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
51 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
52 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
53 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
54 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
55 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
56 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
57 details. closes: Bug#133030
58 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
59 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
62 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
64 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
66 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
67 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
68 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
69 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
70 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
71 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
72 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
73 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
74 not. closes: Bug#139820
75 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
76 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
77 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
78 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
79 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
80 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
81 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
82 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
83 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
84 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
86 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
88 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
89 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
90 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
91 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
92 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
93 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
94 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
95 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
96 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
97 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
98 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
99 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
100 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
101 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
102 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
103 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
104 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
105 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
106 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
107 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
109 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
110 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
111 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
112 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
113 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
114 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
115 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
117 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
118 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
119 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
120 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
121 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
122 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
123 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
124 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
125 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
127 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
129 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
131 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
132 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
133 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
134 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
135 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
136 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
137 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
138 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
139 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
140 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
141 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
142 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
143 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
144 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
145 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
146 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
147 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
148 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
149 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
150 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
151 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
152 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
153 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
155 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
157 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
159 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
160 medium, high, emergency.
161 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
162 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
163 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
164 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
165 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
168 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
169 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
170 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
172 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
173 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
174 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
175 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
176 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
177 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
178 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
181 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
183 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
185 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
186 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
187 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
188 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
190 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
191 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
192 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
193 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
194 debian/rules to do this
195 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
196 patches are incorporated upstream
197 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
198 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
199 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
200 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
201 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
202 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
204 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
205 system closes: Bug#91249
206 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
207 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
208 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
209 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
210 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
211 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
212 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
213 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
214 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
215 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
216 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
217 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
218 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
220 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
222 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
224 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
225 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
226 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
227 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
229 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
230 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
231 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
233 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
236 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
238 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
240 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
241 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
242 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
243 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
244 package for the time being
245 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
246 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
247 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
248 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
249 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
250 * Rename all .text files as .txt
251 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
252 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
253 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
254 Build-Depends arch syntax
255 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
257 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
258 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
260 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
261 from policy maintenance duties.
262 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
263 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
265 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
267 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
269 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
271 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
273 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
275 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
276 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
277 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
278 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
279 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
280 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
281 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
282 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
283 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
284 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
285 minor version number for this
286 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
287 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
288 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
289 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
290 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
291 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
292 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
293 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
294 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
296 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
298 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
300 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
301 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
302 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
303 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
304 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
306 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
308 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
309 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
310 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
311 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
312 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
313 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
314 xutils closes: Bug#82966
315 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
316 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
317 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
318 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
319 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
320 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
321 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
322 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
323 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
326 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
328 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
330 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
331 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
333 * Document the Enhances relationship
334 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
335 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
336 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
337 policy. closes: Bug#53496
338 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
339 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
341 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
343 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
344 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
345 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
346 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
348 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
349 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
350 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
351 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
352 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
354 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
356 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
358 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
359 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
360 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
362 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
363 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
364 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
365 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
366 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
367 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
368 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
369 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
370 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
372 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
374 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
376 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
378 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
379 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
380 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
381 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
382 policy. closes: Bug#64437
383 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
384 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
385 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
386 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
387 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
388 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
389 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
390 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
391 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
392 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
393 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
394 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
395 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
396 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
397 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
398 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
399 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
401 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
402 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
404 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
406 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
408 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
409 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
410 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
411 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
412 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
413 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
414 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
415 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
416 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
417 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
418 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
419 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
420 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
421 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
422 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
423 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
424 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
425 alternative closes: Bug#53755
426 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
427 list closes: Bug#53756
428 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
429 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
430 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
431 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
432 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
433 policy closes: Bug#53760
434 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
435 policy closes: Bug#53761
436 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
437 that use X closes: Bug#53762
438 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
439 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
440 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
441 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
442 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
443 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
444 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
445 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
446 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
448 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
449 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
450 to install with older fileutils.
451 * Installed FHS version 2.1
452 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
453 * Added FHS details to copyright file
454 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
456 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
457 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
459 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
461 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
463 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
464 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
466 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
468 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
470 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
471 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
473 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
476 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
478 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
479 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
481 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
483 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
485 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
487 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
488 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
490 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
492 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
494 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
495 #45561, #42447, #48570)
496 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
497 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
498 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
499 directoried (closes: #41547)
500 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
501 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
502 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
503 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
504 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
505 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
506 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
507 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
508 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
509 package criteria (closes: #45318)
510 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
512 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
513 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
514 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
515 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
516 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
517 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
518 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
520 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
521 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
522 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
523 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
525 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
527 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
529 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
530 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
532 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
534 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
536 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
537 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
539 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
541 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
543 * A few typos and omissions corrected
544 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
546 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
547 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
548 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
549 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
550 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
551 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
552 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
553 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
554 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
555 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
556 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
557 this closes: Bug#38612
558 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
559 before. closes: Bug#40864
561 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
563 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
565 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
567 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
569 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
570 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
571 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
573 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
574 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
575 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
576 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
577 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
578 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
580 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
581 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
582 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
584 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
586 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
587 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
588 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
589 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
590 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
592 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
594 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
596 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
597 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
598 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
599 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
600 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
601 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
602 there). closes: Bug#34233
603 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
604 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
605 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
606 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
607 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
609 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
611 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
613 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
614 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
615 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
616 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
619 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
620 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
621 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
622 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
623 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
626 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
627 number. closes: BUG#25911
629 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
630 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
631 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
632 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
633 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
634 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
636 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
637 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
638 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
641 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
642 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
643 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
645 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
646 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
647 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
648 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
650 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
651 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
652 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
654 * Make the package optional, not extra.
656 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
657 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
658 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
659 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
660 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
661 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
662 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
663 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
666 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
668 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
669 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
672 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
674 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
676 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
678 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
680 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
682 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
683 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
684 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
685 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
686 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
687 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
688 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
689 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
691 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
692 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
694 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
696 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
698 * non-maintainer release
699 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
700 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
702 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
703 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
705 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
707 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
709 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
713 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
715 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
717 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
719 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
720 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
721 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
723 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
724 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
726 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
727 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
728 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
729 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
731 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
732 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
733 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
734 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
735 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
736 and restart options and to comply with the console message
737 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
739 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
740 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
741 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
744 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
745 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
746 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
748 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
749 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
750 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
752 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
753 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
755 * New version numbering scheme:
757 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
758 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
759 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
762 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
763 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
764 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
765 differ between the manuals.
767 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
768 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
769 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
770 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
774 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
775 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
777 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
779 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
781 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
783 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
785 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
786 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
787 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
789 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
790 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
793 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
794 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
795 file extension as the referenced file
797 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
798 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
800 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
801 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
802 start, stop, restart, force-reload
803 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
806 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
807 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
808 be installed into /etc/cron.d
810 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
811 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
812 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
813 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
816 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
817 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
820 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
821 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
822 reasonable default configuration
824 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
825 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
826 by all news servers and clients
828 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
829 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
830 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
831 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
832 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
834 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
835 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
838 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
840 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
841 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
843 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
846 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
847 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
849 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
850 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
852 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
854 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
856 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
858 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
859 - X library package is now called xlib6g
860 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
861 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
863 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
865 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
866 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
867 * Don't use debstd anymore
869 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
871 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
873 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
874 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
875 contrib/non-free policy
876 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
877 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
878 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
879 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
880 - new section about `Daemons'
881 - updated section about `Configuration files'
882 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
883 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
884 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
885 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
886 * Paper about libc6 migration:
887 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
888 * SGML source code included in package
889 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
891 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
893 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
895 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
896 - completely reworked structure
897 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
898 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
899 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
900 - removed all those ugly footnotes
901 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
902 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
903 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
904 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
905 - mention "orphaned packages"
906 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
907 distributions' policy
908 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
909 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
910 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
911 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
912 - added section about arch spec strings
913 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
914 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
915 - added section about "menus"
916 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
917 the new documentation policy soon
918 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
919 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
921 - added section about editors and pagers
922 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
923 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
924 - added section about device files
925 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
926 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
927 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
929 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
930 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
931 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
932 - Added new section about obsolete names
933 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
934 * Fixed package's description
936 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
938 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
940 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
942 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
944 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
946 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
947 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
948 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
949 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
951 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
953 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
955 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
956 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
957 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
959 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
960 and upload it "byhand" too.
962 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
964 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
967 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
968 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
969 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
970 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
971 functionality must not have the same name.
972 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
973 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
974 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
975 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
976 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
977 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
978 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
980 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
981 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
982 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
983 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
984 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
985 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
986 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
987 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
990 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
992 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
994 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
996 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
997 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
998 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
999 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1000 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1003 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1005 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1007 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1009 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1010 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1011 description of deb file format.
1012 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1013 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1015 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1017 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1018 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1020 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1022 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1024 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1025 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1026 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1027 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1028 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1029 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1030 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1031 packages in section on Procedure
1032 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1033 a package maintainer
1034 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1035 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1036 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1038 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1039 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1040 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1041 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1042 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1043 on various shlib files
1044 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1045 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1046 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1048 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1050 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1052 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1053 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1054 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1056 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1057 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1058 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1059 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1060 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1062 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1064 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1066 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1068 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1070 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1071 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1072 compatibility go in contrib.
1074 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1075 instructions in policy manual.
1076 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1079 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1081 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1083 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1084 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1085 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1086 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1088 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1089 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1092 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1094 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1096 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1097 * More detail about changelog format names.
1099 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1100 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1104 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1106 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1108 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1110 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1112 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1114 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1116 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1118 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1119 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1120 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1122 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1124 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1126 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1128 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1130 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1134 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100