1 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
4 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
6 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
8 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
10 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
11 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
12 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
13 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
14 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
15 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
16 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
17 Millan (Closes: #209008).
18 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
19 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
21 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
23 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
25 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
26 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
27 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
28 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
29 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
30 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
31 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
33 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
34 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
35 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
36 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
38 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
39 Küster (Closes: #403391).
40 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
41 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
42 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
43 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
44 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
45 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
46 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
47 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
48 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
49 Closes: #186700, #458910
50 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
51 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
54 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
55 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
56 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
57 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
58 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
59 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
60 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
61 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
63 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
64 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
66 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
67 * Add an md5sums control file.
68 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
69 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
70 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
71 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
72 currently part of policy.
73 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
74 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
75 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
78 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
80 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
82 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
83 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
84 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
85 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
86 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
87 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
88 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
89 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
90 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
91 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
92 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
93 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
94 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
95 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
96 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
97 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
99 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
101 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
102 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
103 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
105 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
106 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
107 list?" (Closes: #412634).
108 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
109 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
110 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
111 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
112 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
113 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
114 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
115 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
116 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
117 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
118 debconf specification.
119 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
120 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
122 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
124 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
126 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
127 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
128 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
129 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
130 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
132 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
134 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
135 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
136 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
137 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
138 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
140 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
141 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
142 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
143 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
144 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
145 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
146 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
147 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
148 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
149 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
150 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
151 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
152 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
153 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
154 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
155 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
157 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
159 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
160 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
161 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
162 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
163 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
164 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
165 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
166 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
168 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
170 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
172 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
173 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
174 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
175 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
176 Polo (Closes: #372497).
177 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
178 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
180 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
181 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
182 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
183 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
184 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
185 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
186 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
187 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
188 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
189 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
191 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
192 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
193 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
194 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
195 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
196 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
198 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
200 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
202 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
203 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
204 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
205 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
207 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
208 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
210 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
212 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
214 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
215 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
216 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
217 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
218 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
219 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
220 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
221 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
222 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
223 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
225 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
226 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
227 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
228 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
229 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
230 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
231 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
232 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
233 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
234 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
235 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
238 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
240 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
242 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
243 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
244 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
245 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
246 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
247 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
248 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
249 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
250 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
251 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
252 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
253 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
254 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
255 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
256 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
257 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
258 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
259 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
260 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
261 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
262 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
263 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
264 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
265 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
266 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
267 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
268 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
269 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
271 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
272 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
273 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
274 Hess (Closes: #362247).
275 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
276 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
277 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
278 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
279 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
280 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
281 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
282 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
283 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
284 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
285 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
286 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
288 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
289 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
291 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
292 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
293 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
294 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
295 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
296 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
297 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
298 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
299 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
300 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
301 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
303 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
305 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
308 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
309 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
310 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
311 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
312 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
313 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
314 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
315 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
316 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
317 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
318 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
319 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
320 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
322 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
323 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
324 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
325 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
326 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
327 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
328 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
329 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
330 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
331 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
332 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
333 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
334 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
335 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
336 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
337 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
338 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
339 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
340 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
343 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
345 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
347 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
348 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
349 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
350 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
352 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
353 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
354 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
355 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
357 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
359 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
362 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
363 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
364 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
365 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
366 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
367 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
368 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
369 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
370 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
371 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
373 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
374 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
375 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
377 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
378 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
379 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
380 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
381 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
382 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
383 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
385 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
386 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
387 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
388 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
390 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
391 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
392 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
393 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
394 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
395 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
396 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
397 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
399 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
400 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
401 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
402 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
403 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
404 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
405 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
406 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
407 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
408 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
409 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
410 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
411 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
412 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
413 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
414 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
415 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
417 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
419 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
422 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
423 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
424 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
425 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
426 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
427 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
428 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
429 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
430 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
432 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
433 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
434 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
435 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
436 this section. closes: Bug#248618
437 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
438 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
439 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
440 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
441 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
442 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
443 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
444 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
445 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
446 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
447 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
448 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
450 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
451 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
452 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
455 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
456 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
457 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
459 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
460 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
461 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
462 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
463 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
464 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
466 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
467 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
469 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
470 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
471 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
472 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
473 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
474 Closes: #185943, #237049
476 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
478 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
481 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
484 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
485 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
486 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
487 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
488 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
489 running. closes: Bug#187250
490 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
491 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
492 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
493 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
494 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
495 user closes: Bug#176506
497 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
499 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
502 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
503 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
504 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
505 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
506 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
507 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
508 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
509 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
510 deb-building toolchain.
511 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
512 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
513 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
514 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
515 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
516 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
517 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
518 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
519 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
520 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
521 sections about changelog files.
523 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
524 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
525 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
526 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
527 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
528 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
530 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
531 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
532 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
533 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
534 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
535 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
536 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
537 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
538 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
539 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
540 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
541 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
542 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
543 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
544 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
545 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
546 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
547 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
548 for the restructuring
550 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
552 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
555 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
557 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
558 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
559 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
560 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
561 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
562 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
564 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
565 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
566 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
567 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
568 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
569 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
570 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
572 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
573 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
574 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
575 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
577 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
579 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
582 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
583 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
584 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
585 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
586 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
587 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
589 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
590 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
591 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
592 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
594 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
595 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
596 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
597 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
598 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
599 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
600 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
601 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
602 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
604 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
605 script should start it, closes: #60979
606 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
607 "should", closes: #170019
608 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
609 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
610 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
611 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
612 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
613 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
614 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
615 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
618 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
620 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
623 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
624 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
625 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
626 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
627 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
628 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
629 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
630 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
631 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
633 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
634 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
635 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
636 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
637 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
638 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
639 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
640 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
641 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
643 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
644 file, closes: Bug#65764
646 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
648 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
650 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
651 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
652 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
653 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
654 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
655 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
656 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
657 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
658 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
659 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
660 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
661 details. closes: Bug#133030
662 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
663 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
666 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
668 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
670 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
671 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
672 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
673 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
674 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
675 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
676 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
677 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
678 not. closes: Bug#139820
679 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
680 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
681 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
682 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
683 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
684 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
685 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
686 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
687 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
688 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
690 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
692 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
693 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
694 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
695 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
696 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
697 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
698 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
699 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
700 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
701 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
702 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
703 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
704 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
705 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
706 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
707 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
708 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
709 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
710 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
711 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
713 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
714 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
715 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
716 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
717 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
718 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
719 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
721 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
722 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
723 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
724 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
725 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
726 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
727 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
728 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
729 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
731 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
733 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
735 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
736 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
737 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
738 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
739 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
740 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
741 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
742 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
743 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
744 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
745 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
746 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
747 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
748 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
749 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
750 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
751 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
752 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
753 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
754 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
755 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
756 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
757 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
759 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
761 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
763 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
764 medium, high, emergency.
765 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
766 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
767 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
768 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
769 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
772 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
773 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
774 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
776 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
777 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
778 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
779 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
780 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
781 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
782 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
785 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
787 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
789 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
790 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
791 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
792 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
794 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
795 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
796 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
797 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
798 debian/rules to do this
799 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
800 patches are incorporated upstream
801 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
802 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
803 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
804 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
805 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
806 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
808 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
809 system closes: Bug#91249
810 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
811 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
812 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
813 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
814 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
815 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
816 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
817 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
818 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
819 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
820 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
821 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
822 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
824 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
826 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
828 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
829 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
830 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
831 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
833 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
834 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
835 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
837 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
840 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
842 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
844 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
845 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
846 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
847 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
848 package for the time being
849 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
850 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
851 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
852 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
853 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
854 * Rename all .text files as .txt
855 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
856 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
857 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
858 Build-Depends arch syntax
859 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
861 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
862 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
864 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
865 from policy maintenance duties.
866 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
867 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
869 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
871 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
873 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
875 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
877 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
879 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
880 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
881 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
882 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
883 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
884 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
885 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
886 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
887 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
888 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
889 minor version number for this
890 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
891 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
892 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
893 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
894 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
895 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
896 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
897 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
898 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
900 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
902 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
904 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
905 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
906 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
907 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
908 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
910 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
912 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
913 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
914 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
915 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
916 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
917 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
918 xutils closes: Bug#82966
919 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
920 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
921 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
922 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
923 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
924 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
925 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
926 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
927 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
930 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
932 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
934 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
935 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
937 * Document the Enhances relationship
938 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
939 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
940 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
941 policy. closes: Bug#53496
942 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
943 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
945 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
947 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
948 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
949 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
950 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
952 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
953 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
954 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
955 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
956 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
958 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
960 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
962 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
963 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
964 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
966 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
967 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
968 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
969 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
970 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
971 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
972 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
973 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
974 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
976 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
978 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
980 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
982 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
983 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
984 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
985 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
986 policy. closes: Bug#64437
987 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
988 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
989 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
990 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
991 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
992 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
993 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
994 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
995 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
996 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
997 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
998 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
999 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1000 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1001 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1002 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1003 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1005 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1006 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1008 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1010 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1012 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1013 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1014 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1015 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1016 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1017 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1018 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1019 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1020 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1021 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1022 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1023 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1024 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1025 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1026 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1027 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1028 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1029 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1030 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1031 list closes: Bug#53756
1032 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1033 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1034 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1035 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1036 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1037 policy closes: Bug#53760
1038 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1039 policy closes: Bug#53761
1040 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1041 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1042 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1043 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1044 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1045 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1046 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1047 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1048 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1049 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1050 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1052 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1053 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1054 to install with older fileutils.
1055 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1056 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1057 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1058 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1060 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1061 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1063 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1065 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1067 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1068 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1070 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1072 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1074 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1075 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1077 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1080 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1082 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1083 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1085 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1087 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1089 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1091 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1092 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1094 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1096 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1098 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1099 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1100 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1101 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1102 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1103 directoried (closes: #41547)
1104 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1105 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1106 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1107 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1108 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1109 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1110 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1111 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1112 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1113 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1114 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1116 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1117 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1118 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1119 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1120 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1121 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1122 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1124 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1125 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1126 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1127 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1129 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1131 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1133 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1134 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1136 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1138 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1140 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1141 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1143 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1145 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1147 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1148 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1150 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1151 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1152 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1153 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1154 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1155 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1156 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1157 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1158 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1159 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1160 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1161 this closes: Bug#38612
1162 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1163 before. closes: Bug#40864
1165 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1167 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1169 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1170 officially uploaded.
1171 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1173 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1174 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1175 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1177 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1178 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1179 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1180 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1181 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1182 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1184 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1185 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1186 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1188 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1190 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1191 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1192 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1193 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1194 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1196 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1198 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1200 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1201 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1202 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1203 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1204 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1205 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1206 there). closes: Bug#34233
1207 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1208 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1209 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1210 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1211 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1213 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1215 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1217 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1218 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1219 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1220 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1223 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1224 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1225 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1226 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1227 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1230 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1231 number. closes: BUG#25911
1233 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1234 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1235 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1236 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1237 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1238 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1240 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1241 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1242 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1245 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1246 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1247 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1249 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1250 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1251 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1252 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1254 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1255 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1256 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1258 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1260 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1261 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1262 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1263 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1264 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1265 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1266 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1267 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1270 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1272 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1273 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1276 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1278 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1280 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1282 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1284 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1286 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1287 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1288 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1289 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1290 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1291 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1292 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1293 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1295 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1296 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1298 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1300 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1302 * non-maintainer release
1303 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1304 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1306 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1307 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1308 * no content changes
1309 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1311 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1313 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1317 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1319 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1321 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1323 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1324 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1325 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1327 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1328 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1330 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1331 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1332 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1333 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1335 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1336 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1337 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1338 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1339 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1340 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1341 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1343 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1344 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1345 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1348 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1349 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1350 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1352 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1353 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1354 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1356 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1357 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1359 * New version numbering scheme:
1361 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1362 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1363 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1366 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1367 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1368 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1369 differ between the manuals.
1371 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1372 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1373 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1374 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1376 * Packaging changes:
1378 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1379 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1381 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1383 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1385 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1387 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1389 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1390 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1391 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1393 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1394 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1397 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1398 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1399 file extension as the referenced file
1401 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1402 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1404 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1405 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1406 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1407 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1410 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1411 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1412 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1414 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1415 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1416 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1417 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1420 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1421 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1424 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1425 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1426 reasonable default configuration
1428 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1429 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1430 by all news servers and clients
1432 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1433 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1434 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1435 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1436 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1438 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1439 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1442 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1444 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1445 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1447 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1450 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1451 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1453 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1454 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1456 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1458 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1460 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1462 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1463 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1464 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1465 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1467 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1469 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1470 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1471 * Don't use debstd anymore
1473 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1475 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1477 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1478 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1479 contrib/non-free policy
1480 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1481 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1482 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1483 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1484 - new section about `Daemons'
1485 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1486 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1487 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1488 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1489 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1490 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1491 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1492 * SGML source code included in package
1493 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1495 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1497 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1499 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1500 - completely reworked structure
1501 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1502 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1503 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1504 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1505 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1506 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1507 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1508 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1509 - mention "orphaned packages"
1510 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1511 distributions' policy
1512 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1513 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1514 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1515 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1516 - added section about arch spec strings
1517 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1518 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1519 - added section about "menus"
1520 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1521 the new documentation policy soon
1522 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1523 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1525 - added section about editors and pagers
1526 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1527 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1528 - added section about device files
1529 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1530 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1531 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1533 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1534 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1535 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1536 - Added new section about obsolete names
1537 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1538 * Fixed package's description
1540 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1542 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1544 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1546 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1548 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1550 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1551 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1552 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1553 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1555 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1557 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1559 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1560 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1561 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1563 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1564 and upload it "byhand" too.
1566 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1568 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1571 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1572 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1573 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1574 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1575 functionality must not have the same name.
1576 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1577 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1578 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1579 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1580 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1581 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1582 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1584 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1585 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1586 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1587 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1588 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1589 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1590 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1591 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1594 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1596 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1598 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1600 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1601 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1602 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1603 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1604 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1607 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1609 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1611 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1613 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1614 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1615 description of deb file format.
1616 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1617 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1619 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1621 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1622 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1624 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1626 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1628 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1629 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1630 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1631 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1632 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1633 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1634 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1635 packages in section on Procedure
1636 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1637 a package maintainer
1638 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1639 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1640 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1642 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1643 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1644 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1645 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1646 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1647 on various shlib files
1648 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1649 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1650 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1652 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1654 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1656 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1657 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1658 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1660 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1661 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1662 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1663 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1664 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1666 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1668 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1670 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1672 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1674 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1675 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1676 compatibility go in contrib.
1678 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1679 instructions in policy manual.
1680 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1683 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1685 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1687 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1688 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1689 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1690 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1692 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1693 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1696 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1698 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1700 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1701 * More detail about changelog format names.
1703 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1704 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1708 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1710 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1712 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1714 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1716 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1718 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1720 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1722 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1723 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1724 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1726 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1728 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1730 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1732 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1734 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1738 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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