1 debian-policy (3.5.5.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
4 medium, high, emergency.
8 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
10 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
11 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
12 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
13 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
15 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
16 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
17 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
18 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
19 debian/rules to do this
20 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
21 patches are incorporated upstream
22 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
23 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
24 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
25 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
26 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
27 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
29 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
30 system closes: Bug#91249
31 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
32 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
33 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
34 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
35 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
36 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
37 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
38 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
39 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
40 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
41 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
42 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
43 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
45 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
47 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
49 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
50 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
51 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
52 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
54 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
55 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
56 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
58 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
61 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
63 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
65 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
66 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
67 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
68 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
69 package for the time being
70 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
71 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
72 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
73 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
74 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
75 * Rename all .text files as .txt
76 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
77 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
78 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
79 Build-Depends arch syntax
80 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
82 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
83 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
85 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
86 from policy maintenance duties.
87 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
88 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
90 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
92 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
94 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
96 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
98 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
100 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
101 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
102 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
103 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
104 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
105 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
106 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
107 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
108 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
109 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
110 minor version number for this
111 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
112 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
113 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
114 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
115 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
116 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
117 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
118 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
119 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
121 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
123 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
125 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
126 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
127 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
128 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
129 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
131 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
133 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
134 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
135 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
136 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
137 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
138 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
139 xutils closes: Bug#82966
140 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
141 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
142 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
143 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
144 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
145 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
146 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
147 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
148 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
151 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
153 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
155 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
156 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
158 * Document the Enhances relationship
159 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
160 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
161 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
162 policy. closes: Bug#53496
163 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
164 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
166 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
168 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
169 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
170 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
171 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
173 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
174 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
175 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
176 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
177 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
179 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
181 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
183 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
184 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
185 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
187 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
188 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
189 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
190 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
191 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
192 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
193 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
194 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
195 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
197 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
199 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
201 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
203 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
204 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
205 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
206 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
207 policy. closes: Bug#64437
208 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
209 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
210 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
211 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
212 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
213 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
214 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
215 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
216 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
217 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
218 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
219 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
220 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
221 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
222 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
223 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
224 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
226 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
227 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
229 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
231 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
233 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
234 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
235 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
236 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
237 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
238 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
239 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
240 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
241 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
242 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
243 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
244 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
245 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
246 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
247 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
248 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
249 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
250 alternative closes: Bug#53755
251 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
252 list closes: Bug#53756
253 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
254 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
255 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
256 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
257 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
258 policy closes: Bug#53760
259 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
260 policy closes: Bug#53761
261 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
262 that use X closes: Bug#53762
263 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
264 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
265 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
266 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
267 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
268 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
269 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
270 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
271 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
273 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
274 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
275 to install with older fileutils.
276 * Installed FHS version 2.1
277 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
278 * Added FHS details to copyright file
279 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
281 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
282 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
284 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
286 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
288 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
289 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
291 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
293 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
295 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
296 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
298 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
301 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
303 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
304 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
306 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
308 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
310 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
312 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
313 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
315 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
317 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
319 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
320 #45561, #42447, #48570)
321 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
322 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
323 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
324 directoried (closes: #41547)
325 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
326 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
327 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
328 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
329 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
330 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
331 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
332 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
333 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
334 package criteria (closes: #45318)
335 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
337 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
338 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
339 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
340 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
341 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
342 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
343 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
345 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
346 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
347 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
348 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
350 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
352 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
354 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
355 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
357 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
359 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
361 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
362 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
364 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
366 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
368 * A few typos and omissions corrected
369 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
371 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
372 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
373 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
374 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
375 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
376 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
377 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
378 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
379 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
380 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
381 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
382 this closes: Bug#38612
383 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
384 before. closes: Bug#40864
386 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
388 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
390 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
392 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
394 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
395 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
396 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
398 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
399 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
400 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
401 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
402 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
403 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
405 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
406 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
407 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
409 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
411 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
412 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
413 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
414 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
415 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
417 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
419 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
421 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
422 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
423 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
424 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
425 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
426 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
427 there). closes: Bug#34233
428 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
429 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
430 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
431 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
432 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
434 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
436 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
438 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
439 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
440 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
441 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
444 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
445 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
446 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
447 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
448 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
451 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
452 number. closes: BUG#25911
454 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
455 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
456 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
457 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
458 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
459 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
461 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
462 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
463 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
466 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
467 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
468 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
470 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
471 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
472 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
473 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
475 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
476 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
477 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
479 * Make the package optional, not extra.
481 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
482 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
483 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
484 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
485 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
486 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
487 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
488 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
491 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
493 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
494 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
497 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
499 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
501 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
503 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
505 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
507 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
508 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
509 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
510 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
511 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
512 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
513 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
514 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
516 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
517 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
519 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
521 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
523 * non-maintainer release
524 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
525 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
527 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
528 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
530 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
532 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
534 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
538 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
540 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
542 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
544 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
545 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
546 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
548 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
549 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
551 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
552 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
553 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
554 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
556 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
557 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
558 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
559 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
560 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
561 and restart options and to comply with the console message
562 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
564 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
565 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
566 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
569 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
570 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
571 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
573 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
574 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
575 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
577 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
578 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
580 * New version numbering scheme:
582 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
583 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
584 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
587 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
588 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
589 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
590 differ between the manuals.
592 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
593 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
594 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
595 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
599 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
600 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
602 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
604 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
606 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
608 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
610 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
611 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
612 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
614 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
615 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
618 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
619 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
620 file extension as the referenced file
622 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
623 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
625 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
626 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
627 start, stop, restart, force-reload
628 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
631 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
632 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
633 be installed into /etc/cron.d
635 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
636 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
637 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
638 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
641 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
642 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
645 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
646 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
647 reasonable default configuration
649 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
650 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
651 by all news servers and clients
653 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
654 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
655 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
656 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
657 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
659 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
660 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
663 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
665 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
666 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
668 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
671 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
672 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
674 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
675 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
677 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
679 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
681 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
683 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
684 - X library package is now called xlib6g
685 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
686 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
688 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
690 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
691 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
692 * Don't use debstd anymore
694 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
696 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
698 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
699 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
700 contrib/non-free policy
701 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
702 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
703 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
704 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
705 - new section about `Daemons'
706 - updated section about `Configuration files'
707 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
708 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
709 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
710 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
711 * Paper about libc6 migration:
712 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
713 * SGML source code included in package
714 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
716 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
718 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
720 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
721 - completely reworked structure
722 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
723 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
724 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
725 - removed all those ugly footnotes
726 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
727 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
728 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
729 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
730 - mention "orphaned packages"
731 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
732 distributions' policy
733 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
734 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
735 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
736 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
737 - added section about arch spec strings
738 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
739 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
740 - added section about "menus"
741 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
742 the new documentation policy soon
743 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
744 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
746 - added section about editors and pagers
747 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
748 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
749 - added section about device files
750 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
751 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
752 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
754 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
755 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
756 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
757 - Added new section about obsolete names
758 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
759 * Fixed package's description
761 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
763 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
765 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
767 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
769 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
771 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
772 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
773 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
774 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
776 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
778 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
780 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
781 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
782 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
784 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
785 and upload it "byhand" too.
787 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
789 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
792 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
793 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
794 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
795 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
796 functionality must not have the same name.
797 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
798 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
799 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
800 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
801 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
802 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
803 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
805 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
806 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
807 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
808 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
809 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
810 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
811 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
812 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
815 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
817 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
819 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
821 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
822 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
823 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
824 a package into. (Guy Maor)
825 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
828 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
830 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
832 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
834 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
835 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
836 description of deb file format.
837 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
838 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
840 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
842 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
843 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
845 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
847 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
849 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
850 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
851 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
852 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
853 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
854 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
855 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
856 packages in section on Procedure
857 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
859 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
860 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
861 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
863 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
864 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
865 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
866 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
867 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
868 on various shlib files
869 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
870 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
871 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
873 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
875 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
877 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
878 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
879 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
881 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
882 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
883 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
884 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
885 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
887 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
889 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
891 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
893 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
895 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
896 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
897 compatibility go in contrib.
899 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
900 instructions in policy manual.
901 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
904 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
906 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
908 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
909 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
910 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
911 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
913 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
914 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
917 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
919 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
921 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
922 * More detail about changelog format names.
924 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
925 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
929 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
931 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
933 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
935 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
937 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
939 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
941 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
943 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
944 * More verbosity about netiquette.
945 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
947 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
949 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
951 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
953 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
955 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
959 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100