1 debian-policy (3.5.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
6 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
7 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
11 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
14 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
15 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
16 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
17 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
18 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
19 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
21 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
22 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
23 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
24 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
26 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
27 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
28 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
29 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
30 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
31 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
32 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
33 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
34 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
36 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
37 script should start it, closes: #60979
38 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
39 "should", closes: #170019
40 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
41 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
42 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
43 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
44 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
45 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
46 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
47 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
50 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
52 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
55 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
56 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
57 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
58 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
59 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
60 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
61 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
62 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
63 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
65 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
66 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
67 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
68 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
69 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
70 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
71 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
72 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
73 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
75 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
76 file, closes: Bug#65764
78 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
80 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
82 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
83 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
84 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
85 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
86 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
87 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
88 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
89 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
90 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
91 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
92 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
93 details. closes: Bug#133030
94 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
95 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
98 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
100 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
102 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
103 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
104 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
105 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
106 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
107 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
108 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
109 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
110 not. closes: Bug#139820
111 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
112 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
113 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
114 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
115 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
116 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
117 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
118 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
119 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
120 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
122 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
124 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
125 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
126 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
127 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
128 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
129 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
130 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
131 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
132 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
133 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
134 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
135 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
136 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
137 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
138 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
139 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
140 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
141 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
142 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
143 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
145 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
146 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
147 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
148 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
149 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
150 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
151 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
153 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
154 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
155 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
156 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
157 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
158 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
159 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
160 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
161 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
163 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
165 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
167 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
168 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
169 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
170 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
171 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
172 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
173 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
174 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
175 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
176 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
177 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
178 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
179 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
180 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
181 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
182 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
183 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
184 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
185 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
186 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
187 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
188 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
189 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
191 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
193 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
195 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
196 medium, high, emergency.
197 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
198 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
199 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
200 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
201 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
204 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
205 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
206 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
208 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
209 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
210 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
211 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
212 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
213 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
214 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
217 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
219 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
221 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
222 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
223 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
224 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
226 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
227 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
228 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
229 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
230 debian/rules to do this
231 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
232 patches are incorporated upstream
233 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
234 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
235 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
236 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
237 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
238 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
240 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
241 system closes: Bug#91249
242 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
243 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
244 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
245 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
246 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
247 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
248 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
249 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
250 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
251 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
252 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
253 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
254 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
256 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
258 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
260 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
261 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
262 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
263 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
265 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
266 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
267 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
269 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
272 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
274 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
276 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
277 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
278 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
279 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
280 package for the time being
281 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
282 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
283 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
284 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
285 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
286 * Rename all .text files as .txt
287 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
288 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
289 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
290 Build-Depends arch syntax
291 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
293 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
294 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
296 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
297 from policy maintenance duties.
298 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
299 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
301 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
303 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
305 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
307 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
309 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
311 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
312 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
313 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
314 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
315 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
316 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
317 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
318 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
319 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
320 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
321 minor version number for this
322 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
323 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
324 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
325 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
326 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
327 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
328 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
329 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
330 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
332 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
334 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
336 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
337 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
338 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
339 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
340 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
342 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
344 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
345 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
346 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
347 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
348 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
349 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
350 xutils closes: Bug#82966
351 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
352 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
353 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
354 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
355 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
356 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
357 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
358 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
359 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
362 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
364 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
366 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
367 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
369 * Document the Enhances relationship
370 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
371 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
372 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
373 policy. closes: Bug#53496
374 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
375 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
377 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
379 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
380 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
381 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
382 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
384 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
385 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
386 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
387 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
388 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
390 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
392 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
394 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
395 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
396 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
398 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
399 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
400 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
401 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
402 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
403 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
404 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
405 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
406 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
408 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
410 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
412 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
414 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
415 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
416 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
417 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
418 policy. closes: Bug#64437
419 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
420 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
421 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
422 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
423 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
424 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
425 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
426 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
427 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
428 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
429 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
430 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
431 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
432 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
433 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
434 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
435 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
437 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
438 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
440 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
442 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
444 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
445 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
446 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
447 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
448 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
449 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
450 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
451 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
452 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
453 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
454 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
455 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
456 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
457 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
458 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
459 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
460 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
461 alternative closes: Bug#53755
462 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
463 list closes: Bug#53756
464 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
465 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
466 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
467 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
468 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
469 policy closes: Bug#53760
470 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
471 policy closes: Bug#53761
472 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
473 that use X closes: Bug#53762
474 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
475 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
476 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
477 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
478 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
479 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
480 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
481 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
482 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
484 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
485 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
486 to install with older fileutils.
487 * Installed FHS version 2.1
488 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
489 * Added FHS details to copyright file
490 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
492 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
493 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
495 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
497 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
499 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
500 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
502 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
504 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
506 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
507 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
509 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
512 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
514 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
515 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
517 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
519 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
521 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
523 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
524 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
526 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
528 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
530 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
531 #45561, #42447, #48570)
532 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
533 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
534 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
535 directoried (closes: #41547)
536 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
537 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
538 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
539 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
540 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
541 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
542 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
543 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
544 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
545 package criteria (closes: #45318)
546 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
548 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
549 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
550 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
551 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
552 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
553 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
554 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
556 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
557 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
558 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
559 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
561 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
563 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
565 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
566 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
568 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
570 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
572 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
573 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
575 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
577 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
579 * A few typos and omissions corrected
580 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
582 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
583 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
584 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
585 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
586 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
587 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
588 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
589 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
590 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
591 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
592 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
593 this closes: Bug#38612
594 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
595 before. closes: Bug#40864
597 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
599 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
601 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
603 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
605 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
606 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
607 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
609 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
610 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
611 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
612 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
613 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
614 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
616 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
617 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
618 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
620 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
622 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
623 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
624 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
625 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
626 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
628 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
630 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
632 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
633 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
634 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
635 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
636 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
637 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
638 there). closes: Bug#34233
639 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
640 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
641 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
642 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
643 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
645 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
647 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
649 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
650 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
651 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
652 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
655 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
656 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
657 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
658 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
659 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
662 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
663 number. closes: BUG#25911
665 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
666 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
667 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
668 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
669 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
670 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
672 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
673 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
674 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
677 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
678 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
679 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
681 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
682 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
683 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
684 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
686 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
687 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
688 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
690 * Make the package optional, not extra.
692 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
693 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
694 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
695 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
696 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
697 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
698 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
699 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
702 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
704 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
705 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
708 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
710 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
712 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
714 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
716 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
718 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
719 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
720 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
721 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
722 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
723 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
724 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
725 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
727 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
728 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
730 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
732 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
734 * non-maintainer release
735 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
736 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
738 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
739 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
741 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
743 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
745 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
749 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
751 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
753 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
755 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
756 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
757 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
759 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
760 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
762 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
763 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
764 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
765 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
767 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
768 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
769 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
770 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
771 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
772 and restart options and to comply with the console message
773 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
775 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
776 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
777 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
780 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
781 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
782 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
784 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
785 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
786 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
788 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
789 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
791 * New version numbering scheme:
793 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
794 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
795 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
798 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
799 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
800 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
801 differ between the manuals.
803 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
804 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
805 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
806 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
810 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
811 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
813 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
815 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
817 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
819 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
821 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
822 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
823 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
825 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
826 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
829 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
830 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
831 file extension as the referenced file
833 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
834 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
836 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
837 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
838 start, stop, restart, force-reload
839 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
842 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
843 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
844 be installed into /etc/cron.d
846 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
847 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
848 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
849 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
852 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
853 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
856 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
857 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
858 reasonable default configuration
860 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
861 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
862 by all news servers and clients
864 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
865 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
866 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
867 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
868 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
870 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
871 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
874 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
876 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
877 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
879 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
882 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
883 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
885 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
886 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
888 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
890 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
892 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
894 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
895 - X library package is now called xlib6g
896 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
897 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
899 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
901 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
902 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
903 * Don't use debstd anymore
905 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
907 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
909 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
910 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
911 contrib/non-free policy
912 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
913 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
914 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
915 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
916 - new section about `Daemons'
917 - updated section about `Configuration files'
918 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
919 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
920 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
921 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
922 * Paper about libc6 migration:
923 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
924 * SGML source code included in package
925 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
927 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
929 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
931 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
932 - completely reworked structure
933 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
934 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
935 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
936 - removed all those ugly footnotes
937 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
938 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
939 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
940 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
941 - mention "orphaned packages"
942 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
943 distributions' policy
944 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
945 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
946 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
947 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
948 - added section about arch spec strings
949 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
950 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
951 - added section about "menus"
952 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
953 the new documentation policy soon
954 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
955 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
957 - added section about editors and pagers
958 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
959 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
960 - added section about device files
961 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
962 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
963 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
965 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
966 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
967 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
968 - Added new section about obsolete names
969 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
970 * Fixed package's description
972 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
974 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
976 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
978 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
980 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
982 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
983 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
984 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
985 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
987 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
989 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
991 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
992 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
993 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
995 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
996 and upload it "byhand" too.
998 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1000 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1003 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1004 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1005 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1006 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1007 functionality must not have the same name.
1008 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1009 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1010 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1011 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1012 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1013 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1014 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1016 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1017 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1018 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1019 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1020 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1021 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1022 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1023 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1026 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1028 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1030 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1032 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1033 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1034 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1035 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1036 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1039 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1041 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1043 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1045 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1046 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1047 description of deb file format.
1048 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1049 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1051 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1053 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1054 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1056 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1058 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1060 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1061 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1062 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1063 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1064 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1065 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1066 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1067 packages in section on Procedure
1068 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1069 a package maintainer
1070 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1071 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1072 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1074 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1075 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1076 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1077 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1078 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1079 on various shlib files
1080 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1081 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1082 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1084 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1086 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1088 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1089 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1090 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1092 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1093 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1094 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1095 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1096 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1098 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1100 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1102 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1104 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1106 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1107 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1108 compatibility go in contrib.
1110 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1111 instructions in policy manual.
1112 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1115 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1117 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1119 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1120 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1121 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1122 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1124 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1125 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1128 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1130 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1132 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1133 * More detail about changelog format names.
1135 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1136 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1140 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1142 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1144 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1146 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1148 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1150 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1152 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1154 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1155 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1156 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1158 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1160 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1162 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1164 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1166 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1170 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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