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.
13 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
14 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
16 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455.
17 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
18 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
19 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510.
20 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
21 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
22 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
23 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
24 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
26 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
27 script should start it, closes: #60979.
28 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
29 "should", closes: #170019.
30 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166.
31 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
32 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975.
36 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
39 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
40 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
41 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
42 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
43 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
44 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
45 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
46 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
47 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
49 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
50 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
51 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
52 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
53 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
54 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
55 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
56 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
57 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
59 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
60 file, closes: Bug#65764
62 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
64 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
66 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
67 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
68 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
69 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
70 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
71 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
72 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
73 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
74 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
75 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
76 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
77 details. closes: Bug#133030
78 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
79 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
82 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
84 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
86 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
87 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
88 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
89 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
90 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
91 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
92 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
93 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
94 not. closes: Bug#139820
95 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
96 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
97 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
98 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
99 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
100 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
101 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
102 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
103 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
104 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
106 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
108 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
109 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
110 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
111 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
112 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
113 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
114 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
115 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
116 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
117 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
118 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
119 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
120 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
121 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
122 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
123 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
124 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
125 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
126 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
127 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
129 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
130 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
131 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
132 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
133 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
134 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
135 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
137 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
138 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
139 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
140 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
141 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
142 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
143 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
144 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
145 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
147 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
149 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
151 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
152 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
153 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
154 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
155 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
156 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
157 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
158 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
159 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
160 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
161 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
162 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
163 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
164 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
165 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
166 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
167 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
168 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
169 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
170 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
171 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
172 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
173 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
175 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
177 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
179 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
180 medium, high, emergency.
181 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
182 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
183 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
184 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
185 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
188 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
189 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
190 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
192 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
193 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
194 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
195 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
196 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
197 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
198 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
201 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
203 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
205 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
206 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
207 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
208 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
210 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
211 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
212 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
213 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
214 debian/rules to do this
215 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
216 patches are incorporated upstream
217 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
218 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
219 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
220 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
221 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
222 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
224 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
225 system closes: Bug#91249
226 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
227 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
228 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
229 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
230 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
231 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
232 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
233 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
234 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
235 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
236 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
237 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
238 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
240 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
242 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
244 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
245 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
246 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
247 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
249 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
250 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
251 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
253 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
256 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
258 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
260 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
261 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
262 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
263 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
264 package for the time being
265 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
266 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
267 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
268 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
269 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
270 * Rename all .text files as .txt
271 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
272 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
273 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
274 Build-Depends arch syntax
275 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
277 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
278 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
280 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
281 from policy maintenance duties.
282 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
283 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
285 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
287 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
289 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
291 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
293 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
295 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
296 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
297 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
298 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
299 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
300 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
301 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
302 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
303 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
304 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
305 minor version number for this
306 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
307 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
308 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
309 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
310 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
311 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
312 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
313 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
314 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
316 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
318 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
320 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
321 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
322 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
323 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
324 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
326 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
328 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
329 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
330 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
331 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
332 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
333 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
334 xutils closes: Bug#82966
335 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
336 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
337 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
338 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
339 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
340 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
341 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
342 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
343 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
346 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
348 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
350 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
351 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
353 * Document the Enhances relationship
354 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
355 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
356 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
357 policy. closes: Bug#53496
358 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
359 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
361 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
363 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
364 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
365 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
366 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
368 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
369 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
370 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
371 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
372 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
374 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
376 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
378 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
379 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
380 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
382 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
383 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
384 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
385 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
386 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
387 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
388 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
389 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
390 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
392 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
394 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
396 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
398 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
399 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
400 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
401 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
402 policy. closes: Bug#64437
403 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
404 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
405 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
406 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
407 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
408 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
409 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
410 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
411 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
412 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
413 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
414 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
415 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
416 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
417 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
418 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
419 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
421 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
422 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
424 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
426 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
428 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
429 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
430 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
431 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
432 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
433 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
434 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
435 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
436 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
437 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
438 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
439 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
440 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
441 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
442 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
443 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
444 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
445 alternative closes: Bug#53755
446 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
447 list closes: Bug#53756
448 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
449 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
450 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
451 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
452 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
453 policy closes: Bug#53760
454 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
455 policy closes: Bug#53761
456 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
457 that use X closes: Bug#53762
458 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
459 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
460 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
461 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
462 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
463 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
464 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
465 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
466 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
468 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
469 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
470 to install with older fileutils.
471 * Installed FHS version 2.1
472 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
473 * Added FHS details to copyright file
474 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
476 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
477 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
479 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
481 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
483 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
484 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
486 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
488 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
490 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
491 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
493 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
496 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
498 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
499 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
501 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
503 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
505 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
507 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
508 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
510 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
512 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
514 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
515 #45561, #42447, #48570)
516 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
517 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
518 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
519 directoried (closes: #41547)
520 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
521 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
522 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
523 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
524 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
525 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
526 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
527 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
528 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
529 package criteria (closes: #45318)
530 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
532 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
533 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
534 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
535 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
536 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
537 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
538 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
540 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
541 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
542 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
543 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
545 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
547 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
549 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
550 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
552 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
554 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
556 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
557 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
559 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
561 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
563 * A few typos and omissions corrected
564 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
566 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
567 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
568 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
569 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
570 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
571 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
572 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
573 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
574 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
575 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
576 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
577 this closes: Bug#38612
578 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
579 before. closes: Bug#40864
581 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
583 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
585 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
587 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
589 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
590 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
591 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
593 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
594 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
595 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
596 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
597 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
598 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
600 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
601 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
602 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
604 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
606 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
607 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
608 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
609 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
610 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
612 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
614 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
616 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
617 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
618 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
619 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
620 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
621 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
622 there). closes: Bug#34233
623 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
624 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
625 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
626 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
627 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
629 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
631 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
633 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
634 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
635 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
636 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
639 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
640 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
641 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
642 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
643 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
646 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
647 number. closes: BUG#25911
649 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
650 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
651 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
652 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
653 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
654 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
656 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
657 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
658 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
661 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
662 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
663 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
665 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
666 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
667 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
668 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
670 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
671 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
672 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
674 * Make the package optional, not extra.
676 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
677 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
678 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
679 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
680 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
681 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
682 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
683 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
686 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
688 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
689 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
692 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
694 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
696 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
698 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
700 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
702 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
703 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
704 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
705 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
706 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
707 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
708 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
709 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
711 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
712 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
714 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
716 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
718 * non-maintainer release
719 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
720 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
722 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
723 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
725 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
727 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
729 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
733 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
735 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
737 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
739 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
740 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
741 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
743 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
744 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
746 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
747 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
748 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
749 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
751 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
752 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
753 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
754 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
755 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
756 and restart options and to comply with the console message
757 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
759 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
760 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
761 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
764 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
765 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
766 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
768 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
769 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
770 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
772 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
773 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
775 * New version numbering scheme:
777 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
778 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
779 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
782 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
783 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
784 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
785 differ between the manuals.
787 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
788 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
789 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
790 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
794 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
795 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
797 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
799 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
801 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
803 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
805 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
806 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
807 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
809 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
810 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
813 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
814 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
815 file extension as the referenced file
817 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
818 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
820 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
821 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
822 start, stop, restart, force-reload
823 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
826 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
827 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
828 be installed into /etc/cron.d
830 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
831 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
832 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
833 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
836 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
837 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
840 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
841 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
842 reasonable default configuration
844 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
845 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
846 by all news servers and clients
848 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
849 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
850 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
851 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
852 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
854 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
855 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
858 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
860 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
861 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
863 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
866 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
867 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
869 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
870 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
872 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
874 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
876 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
878 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
879 - X library package is now called xlib6g
880 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
881 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
883 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
885 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
886 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
887 * Don't use debstd anymore
889 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
891 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
893 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
894 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
895 contrib/non-free policy
896 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
897 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
898 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
899 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
900 - new section about `Daemons'
901 - updated section about `Configuration files'
902 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
903 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
904 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
905 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
906 * Paper about libc6 migration:
907 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
908 * SGML source code included in package
909 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
911 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
913 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
915 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
916 - completely reworked structure
917 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
918 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
919 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
920 - removed all those ugly footnotes
921 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
922 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
923 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
924 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
925 - mention "orphaned packages"
926 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
927 distributions' policy
928 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
929 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
930 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
931 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
932 - added section about arch spec strings
933 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
934 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
935 - added section about "menus"
936 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
937 the new documentation policy soon
938 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
939 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
941 - added section about editors and pagers
942 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
943 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
944 - added section about device files
945 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
946 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
947 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
949 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
950 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
951 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
952 - Added new section about obsolete names
953 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
954 * Fixed package's description
956 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
958 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
960 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
962 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
964 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
966 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
967 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
968 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
969 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
971 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
973 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
975 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
976 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
977 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
979 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
980 and upload it "byhand" too.
982 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
984 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
987 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
988 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
989 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
990 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
991 functionality must not have the same name.
992 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
993 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
994 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
995 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
996 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
997 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
998 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1000 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1001 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1002 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1003 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1004 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1005 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1006 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1007 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1010 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1012 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1014 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1016 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1017 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1018 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1019 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1020 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1023 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1025 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1027 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1029 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1030 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1031 description of deb file format.
1032 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1033 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1035 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1037 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1038 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1040 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1042 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1044 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1045 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1046 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1047 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1048 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1049 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1050 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1051 packages in section on Procedure
1052 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1053 a package maintainer
1054 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1055 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1056 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1058 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1059 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1060 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1061 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1062 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1063 on various shlib files
1064 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1065 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1066 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1068 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1070 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1072 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1073 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1074 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1076 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1077 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1078 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1079 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1080 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1082 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1084 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1086 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1088 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1090 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1091 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1092 compatibility go in contrib.
1094 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1095 instructions in policy manual.
1096 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1099 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1101 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1103 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1104 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1105 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1106 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1108 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1109 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1112 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1114 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1116 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1117 * More detail about changelog format names.
1119 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1120 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1124 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1126 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1128 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1130 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1132 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1134 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1136 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1138 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1139 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1140 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1142 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1144 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1146 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1148 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1150 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1154 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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