1 debian-policy (3.5.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
8 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
11 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
12 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
13 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
14 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
15 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
16 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
18 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
19 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
20 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
21 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
23 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
24 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
25 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
26 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
27 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
28 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
29 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
30 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
31 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
33 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
34 script should start it, closes: #60979
35 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
36 "should", closes: #170019
37 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
38 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
39 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
40 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
41 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
42 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
43 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
44 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
47 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
49 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
52 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
53 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
54 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
55 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
56 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
57 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
58 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
59 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
60 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
62 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
63 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
64 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
65 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
66 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
67 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
68 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
69 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
70 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
72 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
73 file, closes: Bug#65764
75 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
77 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
79 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
80 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
81 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
82 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
83 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
84 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
85 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
86 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
87 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
88 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
89 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
90 details. closes: Bug#133030
91 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
92 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
95 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
97 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
99 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
100 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
101 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
102 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
103 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
104 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
105 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
106 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
107 not. closes: Bug#139820
108 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
109 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
110 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
111 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
112 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
113 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
114 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
115 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
116 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
117 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
119 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
121 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
122 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
123 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
124 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
125 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
126 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
127 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
128 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
129 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
130 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
131 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
132 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
133 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
134 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
135 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
136 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
137 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
138 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
139 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
140 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
142 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
143 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
144 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
145 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
146 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
147 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
148 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
150 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
151 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
152 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
153 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
154 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
155 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
156 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
157 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
158 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
160 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
162 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
164 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
165 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
166 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
167 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
168 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
169 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
170 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
171 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
172 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
173 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
174 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
175 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
176 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
177 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
178 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
179 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
180 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
181 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
182 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
183 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
184 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
185 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
186 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
188 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
190 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
192 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
193 medium, high, emergency.
194 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
195 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
196 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
197 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
198 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
201 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
202 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
203 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
205 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
206 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
207 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
208 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
209 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
210 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
211 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
214 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
216 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
218 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
219 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
220 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
221 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
223 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
224 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
225 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
226 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
227 debian/rules to do this
228 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
229 patches are incorporated upstream
230 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
231 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
232 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
233 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
234 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
235 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
237 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
238 system closes: Bug#91249
239 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
240 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
241 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
242 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
243 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
244 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
245 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
246 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
247 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
248 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
249 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
250 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
251 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
253 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
255 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
257 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
258 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
259 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
260 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
262 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
263 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
264 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
266 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
269 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
271 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
273 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
274 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
275 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
276 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
277 package for the time being
278 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
279 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
280 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
281 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
282 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
283 * Rename all .text files as .txt
284 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
285 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
286 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
287 Build-Depends arch syntax
288 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
290 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
291 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
293 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
294 from policy maintenance duties.
295 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
296 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
298 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
300 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
302 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
304 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
306 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
308 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
309 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
310 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
311 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
312 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
313 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
314 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
315 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
316 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
317 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
318 minor version number for this
319 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
320 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
321 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
322 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
323 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
324 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
325 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
326 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
327 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
329 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
331 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
333 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
334 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
335 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
336 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
337 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
339 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
341 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
342 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
343 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
344 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
345 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
346 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
347 xutils closes: Bug#82966
348 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
349 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
350 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
351 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
352 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
353 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
354 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
355 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
356 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
359 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
361 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
363 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
364 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
366 * Document the Enhances relationship
367 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
368 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
369 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
370 policy. closes: Bug#53496
371 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
372 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
374 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
376 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
377 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
378 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
379 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
381 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
382 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
383 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
384 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
385 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
387 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
389 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
391 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
392 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
393 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
395 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
396 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
397 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
398 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
399 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
400 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
401 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
402 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
403 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
405 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
407 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
409 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
411 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
412 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
413 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
414 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
415 policy. closes: Bug#64437
416 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
417 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
418 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
419 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
420 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
421 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
422 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
423 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
424 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
425 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
426 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
427 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
428 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
429 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
430 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
431 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
432 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
434 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
435 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
437 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
439 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
441 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
442 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
443 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
444 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
445 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
446 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
447 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
448 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
449 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
450 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
451 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
452 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
453 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
454 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
455 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
456 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
457 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
458 alternative closes: Bug#53755
459 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
460 list closes: Bug#53756
461 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
462 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
463 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
464 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
465 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
466 policy closes: Bug#53760
467 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
468 policy closes: Bug#53761
469 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
470 that use X closes: Bug#53762
471 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
472 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
473 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
474 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
475 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
476 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
477 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
478 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
479 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
481 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
482 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
483 to install with older fileutils.
484 * Installed FHS version 2.1
485 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
486 * Added FHS details to copyright file
487 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
489 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
490 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
492 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
494 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
496 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
497 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
499 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
501 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
503 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
504 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
506 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
509 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
511 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
512 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
514 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
516 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
518 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
520 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
521 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
523 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
525 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
527 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
528 #45561, #42447, #48570)
529 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
530 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
531 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
532 directoried (closes: #41547)
533 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
534 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
535 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
536 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
537 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
538 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
539 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
540 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
541 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
542 package criteria (closes: #45318)
543 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
545 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
546 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
547 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
548 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
549 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
550 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
551 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
553 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
554 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
555 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
556 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
558 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
560 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
562 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
563 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
565 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
567 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
569 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
570 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
572 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
574 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
576 * A few typos and omissions corrected
577 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
579 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
580 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
581 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
582 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
583 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
584 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
585 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
586 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
587 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
588 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
589 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
590 this closes: Bug#38612
591 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
592 before. closes: Bug#40864
594 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
596 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
598 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
600 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
602 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
603 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
604 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
606 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
607 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
608 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
609 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
610 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
611 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
613 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
614 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
615 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
617 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
619 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
620 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
621 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
622 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
623 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
625 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
627 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
629 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
630 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
631 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
632 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
633 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
634 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
635 there). closes: Bug#34233
636 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
637 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
638 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
639 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
640 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
642 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
644 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
646 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
647 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
648 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
649 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
652 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
653 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
654 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
655 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
656 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
659 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
660 number. closes: BUG#25911
662 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
663 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
664 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
665 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
666 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
667 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
669 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
670 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
671 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
674 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
675 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
676 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
678 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
679 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
680 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
681 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
683 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
684 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
685 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
687 * Make the package optional, not extra.
689 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
690 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
691 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
692 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
693 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
694 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
695 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
696 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
699 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
701 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
702 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
705 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
707 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
709 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
711 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
713 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
715 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
716 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
717 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
718 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
719 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
720 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
721 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
722 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
724 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
725 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
727 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
729 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
731 * non-maintainer release
732 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
733 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
735 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
736 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
738 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
740 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
742 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
746 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
748 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
750 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
752 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
753 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
754 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
756 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
757 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
759 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
760 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
761 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
762 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
764 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
765 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
766 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
767 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
768 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
769 and restart options and to comply with the console message
770 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
772 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
773 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
774 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
777 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
778 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
779 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
781 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
782 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
783 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
785 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
786 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
788 * New version numbering scheme:
790 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
791 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
792 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
795 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
796 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
797 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
798 differ between the manuals.
800 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
801 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
802 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
803 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
807 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
808 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
810 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
812 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
814 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
816 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
818 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
819 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
820 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
822 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
823 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
826 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
827 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
828 file extension as the referenced file
830 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
831 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
833 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
834 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
835 start, stop, restart, force-reload
836 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
839 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
840 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
841 be installed into /etc/cron.d
843 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
844 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
845 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
846 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
849 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
850 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
853 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
854 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
855 reasonable default configuration
857 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
858 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
859 by all news servers and clients
861 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
862 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
863 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
864 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
865 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
867 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
868 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
871 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
873 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
874 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
876 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
879 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
880 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
882 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
883 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
885 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
887 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
889 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
891 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
892 - X library package is now called xlib6g
893 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
894 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
896 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
898 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
899 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
900 * Don't use debstd anymore
902 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
904 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
906 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
907 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
908 contrib/non-free policy
909 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
910 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
911 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
912 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
913 - new section about `Daemons'
914 - updated section about `Configuration files'
915 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
916 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
917 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
918 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
919 * Paper about libc6 migration:
920 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
921 * SGML source code included in package
922 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
924 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
926 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
928 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
929 - completely reworked structure
930 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
931 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
932 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
933 - removed all those ugly footnotes
934 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
935 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
936 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
937 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
938 - mention "orphaned packages"
939 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
940 distributions' policy
941 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
942 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
943 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
944 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
945 - added section about arch spec strings
946 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
947 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
948 - added section about "menus"
949 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
950 the new documentation policy soon
951 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
952 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
954 - added section about editors and pagers
955 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
956 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
957 - added section about device files
958 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
959 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
960 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
962 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
963 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
964 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
965 - Added new section about obsolete names
966 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
967 * Fixed package's description
969 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
971 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
973 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
975 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
977 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
979 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
980 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
981 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
982 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
984 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
986 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
988 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
989 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
990 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
992 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
993 and upload it "byhand" too.
995 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
997 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1000 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1001 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1002 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1003 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1004 functionality must not have the same name.
1005 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1006 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1007 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1008 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1009 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1010 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1011 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1013 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1014 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1015 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1016 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1017 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1018 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1019 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1020 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1023 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1025 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1027 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1029 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1030 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1031 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1032 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1033 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1036 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1038 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1040 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1042 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1043 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1044 description of deb file format.
1045 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1046 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1048 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1050 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1051 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1053 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1055 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1057 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1058 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1059 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1060 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1061 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1062 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1063 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1064 packages in section on Procedure
1065 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1066 a package maintainer
1067 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1068 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1069 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1071 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1072 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1073 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1074 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1075 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1076 on various shlib files
1077 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1078 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1079 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1081 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1083 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1085 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1086 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1087 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1089 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1090 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1091 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1092 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1093 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1095 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1097 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1099 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1101 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1103 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1104 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1105 compatibility go in contrib.
1107 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1108 instructions in policy manual.
1109 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1112 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1114 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1116 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1117 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1118 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1119 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1121 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1122 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1125 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1127 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1129 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1130 * More detail about changelog format names.
1132 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1133 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1137 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1139 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1141 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1143 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1145 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1147 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1149 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1151 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1152 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1153 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1155 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1157 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1159 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1161 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1163 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1167 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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