1 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
4 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
8 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
9 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
11 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
13 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
14 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
18 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
19 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
21 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
23 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
24 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
28 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
29 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
33 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
34 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
35 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
36 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
37 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
38 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
39 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
40 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
41 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
42 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
44 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:23:50 -0700
46 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
48 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
49 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
51 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
53 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
55 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
56 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
57 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
58 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
59 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
60 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
61 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
62 Millan (Closes: #209008).
63 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
64 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
66 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
68 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
70 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
71 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
72 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
73 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
74 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
75 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
76 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
78 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
79 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
80 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
81 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
83 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
84 Küster (Closes: #403391).
85 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
86 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
87 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
88 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
89 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
90 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
91 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
92 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
93 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
94 Closes: #186700, #458910
95 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
96 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
97 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
99 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
100 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
101 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
102 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
103 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
104 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
105 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
106 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
108 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
109 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
111 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
112 * Add an md5sums control file.
113 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
114 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
115 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
116 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
117 currently part of policy.
118 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
119 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
120 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
123 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
125 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
127 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
128 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
129 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
130 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
131 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
132 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
133 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
134 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
135 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
136 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
137 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
138 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
139 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
140 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
141 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
142 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
144 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
146 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
147 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
148 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
150 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
151 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
152 list?" (Closes: #412634).
153 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
154 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
155 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
156 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
157 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
158 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
159 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
160 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
161 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
162 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
163 debconf specification.
164 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
165 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
167 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
169 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
171 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
172 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
173 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
174 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
175 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
177 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
179 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
180 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
181 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
182 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
183 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
185 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
186 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
187 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
188 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
189 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
190 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
191 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
192 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
193 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
194 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
195 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
196 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
197 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
198 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
199 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
200 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
202 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
204 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
205 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
206 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
207 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
208 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
209 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
210 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
211 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
213 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
215 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
217 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
218 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
219 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
220 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
221 Polo (Closes: #372497).
222 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
223 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
225 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
226 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
227 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
228 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
229 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
230 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
231 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
232 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
233 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
234 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
236 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
237 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
238 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
239 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
240 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
241 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
243 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
245 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
247 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
248 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
249 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
250 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
252 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
253 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
255 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
257 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
259 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
260 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
261 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
262 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
263 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
264 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
265 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
266 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
267 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
268 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
270 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
271 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
272 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
273 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
274 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
275 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
276 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
277 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
278 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
279 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
280 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
283 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
285 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
287 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
288 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
289 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
290 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
291 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
292 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
293 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
294 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
295 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
296 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
297 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
298 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
299 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
300 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
301 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
302 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
303 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
304 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
305 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
306 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
307 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
308 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
309 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
310 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
311 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
312 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
313 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
314 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
316 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
317 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
318 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
319 Hess (Closes: #362247).
320 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
321 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
322 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
323 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
324 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
325 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
326 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
327 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
328 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
329 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
330 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
331 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
333 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
334 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
336 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
337 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
338 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
339 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
340 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
341 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
342 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
343 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
344 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
345 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
346 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
348 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
350 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
353 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
354 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
355 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
356 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
357 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
358 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
359 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
360 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
361 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
362 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
363 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
364 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
365 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
367 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
368 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
369 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
370 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
371 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
372 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
373 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
374 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
375 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
376 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
377 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
378 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
379 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
380 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
381 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
382 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
383 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
384 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
385 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
388 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
390 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
392 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
393 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
394 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
395 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
397 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
398 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
399 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
400 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
402 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
404 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
407 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
408 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
409 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
410 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
411 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
412 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
413 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
414 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
415 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
416 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
418 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
419 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
420 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
422 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
423 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
424 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
425 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
426 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
427 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
428 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
430 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
431 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
432 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
433 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
435 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
436 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
437 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
438 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
439 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
440 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
441 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
442 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
444 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
445 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
446 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
447 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
448 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
449 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
450 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
451 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
452 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
453 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
454 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
455 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
456 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
457 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
458 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
459 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
460 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
462 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
464 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
467 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
468 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
469 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
470 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
471 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
472 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
473 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
474 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
475 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
477 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
478 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
479 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
480 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
481 this section. closes: Bug#248618
482 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
483 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
484 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
485 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
486 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
487 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
488 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
489 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
490 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
491 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
492 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
493 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
495 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
496 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
497 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
500 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
501 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
502 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
504 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
505 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
506 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
507 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
508 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
509 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
511 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
512 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
514 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
515 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
516 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
517 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
518 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
519 Closes: #185943, #237049
521 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
523 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
526 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
529 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
530 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
531 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
532 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
533 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
534 running. closes: Bug#187250
535 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
536 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
537 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
538 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
539 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
540 user closes: Bug#176506
542 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
544 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
547 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
548 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
549 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
550 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
551 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
552 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
553 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
554 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
555 deb-building toolchain.
556 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
557 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
558 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
559 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
560 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
561 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
562 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
563 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
564 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
565 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
566 sections about changelog files.
568 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
569 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
570 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
571 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
572 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
573 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
575 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
576 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
577 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
578 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
579 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
580 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
581 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
582 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
583 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
584 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
585 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
586 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
587 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
588 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
589 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
590 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
591 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
592 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
593 for the restructuring
595 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
597 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
600 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
602 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
603 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
604 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
605 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
606 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
607 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
609 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
610 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
611 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
612 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
613 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
614 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
615 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
617 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
618 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
619 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
620 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
622 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
624 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
627 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
628 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
629 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
630 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
631 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
632 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
634 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
635 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
636 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
637 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
639 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
640 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
641 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
642 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
643 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
644 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
645 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
646 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
647 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
649 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
650 script should start it, closes: #60979
651 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
652 "should", closes: #170019
653 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
654 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
655 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
656 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
657 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
658 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
659 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
660 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
663 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
665 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
668 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
669 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
670 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
671 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
672 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
673 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
674 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
675 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
676 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
678 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
679 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
680 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
681 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
682 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
683 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
684 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
685 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
686 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
688 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
689 file, closes: Bug#65764
691 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
693 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
695 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
696 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
697 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
698 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
699 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
700 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
701 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
702 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
703 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
704 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
705 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
706 details. closes: Bug#133030
707 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
708 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
711 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
713 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
715 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
716 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
717 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
718 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
719 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
720 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
721 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
722 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
723 not. closes: Bug#139820
724 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
725 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
726 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
727 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
728 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
729 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
730 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
731 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
732 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
733 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
735 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
737 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
738 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
739 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
740 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
741 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
742 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
743 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
744 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
745 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
746 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
747 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
748 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
749 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
750 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
751 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
752 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
753 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
754 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
755 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
756 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
758 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
759 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
760 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
761 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
762 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
763 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
764 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
766 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
767 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
768 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
769 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
770 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
771 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
772 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
773 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
774 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
776 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
778 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
780 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
781 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
782 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
783 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
784 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
785 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
786 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
787 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
788 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
789 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
790 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
791 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
792 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
793 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
794 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
795 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
796 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
797 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
798 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
799 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
800 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
801 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
802 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
804 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
806 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
808 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
809 medium, high, emergency.
810 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
811 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
812 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
813 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
814 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
817 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
818 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
819 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
821 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
822 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
823 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
824 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
825 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
826 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
827 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
830 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
832 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
834 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
835 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
836 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
837 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
839 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
840 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
841 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
842 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
843 debian/rules to do this
844 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
845 patches are incorporated upstream
846 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
847 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
848 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
849 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
850 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
851 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
853 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
854 system closes: Bug#91249
855 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
856 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
857 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
858 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
859 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
860 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
861 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
862 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
863 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
864 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
865 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
866 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
867 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
869 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
871 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
873 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
874 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
875 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
876 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
878 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
879 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
880 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
882 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
885 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
887 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
889 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
890 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
891 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
892 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
893 package for the time being
894 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
895 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
896 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
897 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
898 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
899 * Rename all .text files as .txt
900 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
901 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
902 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
903 Build-Depends arch syntax
904 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
906 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
907 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
909 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
910 from policy maintenance duties.
911 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
912 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
914 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
916 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
918 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
920 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
922 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
924 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
925 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
926 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
927 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
928 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
929 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
930 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
931 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
932 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
933 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
934 minor version number for this
935 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
936 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
937 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
938 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
939 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
940 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
941 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
942 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
943 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
945 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
947 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
949 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
950 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
951 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
952 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
953 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
955 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
957 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
958 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
959 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
960 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
961 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
962 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
963 xutils closes: Bug#82966
964 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
965 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
966 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
967 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
968 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
969 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
970 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
971 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
972 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
975 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
977 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
979 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
980 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
982 * Document the Enhances relationship
983 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
984 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
985 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
986 policy. closes: Bug#53496
987 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
988 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
990 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
992 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
993 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
994 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
995 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
997 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
998 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
999 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1000 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1001 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1003 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1005 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1007 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1008 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1009 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1011 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1012 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1013 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1014 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1015 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1016 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1017 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1018 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1019 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1021 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1023 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1025 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1027 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1028 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1029 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1030 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1031 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1032 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1033 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1034 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1035 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1036 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1037 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1038 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1039 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1040 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1041 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1042 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1043 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1044 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1045 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1046 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1047 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1048 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1050 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1051 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1053 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1055 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1057 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1058 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1059 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1060 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1061 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1062 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1063 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1064 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1065 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1066 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1067 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1068 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1069 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1070 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1071 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1072 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1073 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1074 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1075 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1076 list closes: Bug#53756
1077 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1078 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1079 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1080 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1081 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1082 policy closes: Bug#53760
1083 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1084 policy closes: Bug#53761
1085 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1086 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1087 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1088 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1089 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1090 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1091 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1092 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1093 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1094 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1095 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1097 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1098 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1099 to install with older fileutils.
1100 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1101 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1102 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1103 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1105 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1106 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1108 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1110 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1112 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1113 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1115 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1117 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1119 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1120 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1122 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1125 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1127 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1128 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1130 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1132 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1134 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1136 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1137 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1139 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1141 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1143 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1144 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1145 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1146 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1147 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1148 directoried (closes: #41547)
1149 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1150 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1151 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1152 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1153 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1154 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1155 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1156 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1157 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1158 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1159 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1161 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1162 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1163 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1164 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1165 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1166 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1167 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1169 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1170 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1171 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1172 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1174 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1176 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1178 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1179 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1181 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1183 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1185 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1186 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1188 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1190 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1192 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1193 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1195 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1196 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1197 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1198 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1199 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1200 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1201 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1202 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1203 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1204 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1205 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1206 this closes: Bug#38612
1207 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1208 before. closes: Bug#40864
1210 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1212 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1214 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1215 officially uploaded.
1216 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1218 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1219 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1220 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1222 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1223 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1224 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1225 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1226 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1227 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1229 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1230 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1231 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1233 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1235 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1236 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1237 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1238 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1239 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1241 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1243 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1245 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1246 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1247 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1248 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1249 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1250 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1251 there). closes: Bug#34233
1252 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1253 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1254 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1255 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1256 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1258 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1260 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1262 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1263 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1264 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1265 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1268 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1269 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1270 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1271 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1272 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1275 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1276 number. closes: BUG#25911
1278 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1279 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1280 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1281 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1282 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1283 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1285 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1286 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1287 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1290 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1291 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1292 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1294 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1295 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1296 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1297 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1299 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1300 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1301 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1303 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1305 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1306 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1307 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1308 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1309 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1310 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1311 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1312 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1315 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1317 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1318 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1321 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1323 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1325 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1327 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1329 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1331 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1332 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1333 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1334 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1335 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1336 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1337 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1338 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1340 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1341 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1343 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1345 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1347 * non-maintainer release
1348 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1349 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1351 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1352 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1353 * no content changes
1354 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1356 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1358 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1362 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1364 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1366 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1368 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1369 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1370 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1372 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1373 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1375 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1376 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1377 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1378 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1380 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1381 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1382 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1383 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1384 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1385 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1386 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1388 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1389 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1390 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1393 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1394 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1395 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1397 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1398 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1399 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1401 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1402 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1404 * New version numbering scheme:
1406 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1407 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1408 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1411 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1412 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1413 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1414 differ between the manuals.
1416 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1417 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1418 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1419 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1421 * Packaging changes:
1423 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1424 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1426 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1428 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1430 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1432 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1434 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1435 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1436 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1438 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1439 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1442 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1443 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1444 file extension as the referenced file
1446 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1447 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1449 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1450 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1451 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1452 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1455 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1456 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1457 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1459 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1460 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1461 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1462 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1465 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1466 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1469 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1470 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1471 reasonable default configuration
1473 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1474 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1475 by all news servers and clients
1477 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1478 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1479 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1480 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1481 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1483 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1484 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1487 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1489 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1490 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1492 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1495 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1496 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1498 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1499 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1501 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1503 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1505 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1507 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1508 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1509 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1510 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1512 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1514 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1515 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1516 * Don't use debstd anymore
1518 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1520 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1522 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1523 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1524 contrib/non-free policy
1525 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1526 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1527 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1528 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1529 - new section about `Daemons'
1530 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1531 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1532 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1533 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1534 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1535 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1536 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1537 * SGML source code included in package
1538 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1540 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1542 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1544 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1545 - completely reworked structure
1546 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1547 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1548 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1549 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1550 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1551 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1552 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1553 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1554 - mention "orphaned packages"
1555 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1556 distributions' policy
1557 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1558 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1559 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1560 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1561 - added section about arch spec strings
1562 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1563 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1564 - added section about "menus"
1565 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1566 the new documentation policy soon
1567 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1568 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1570 - added section about editors and pagers
1571 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1572 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1573 - added section about device files
1574 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1575 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1576 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1578 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1579 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1580 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1581 - Added new section about obsolete names
1582 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1583 * Fixed package's description
1585 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1587 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1589 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1591 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1593 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1595 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1596 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1597 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1598 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1600 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1602 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1604 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1605 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1606 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1608 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1609 and upload it "byhand" too.
1611 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1613 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1616 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1617 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1618 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1619 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1620 functionality must not have the same name.
1621 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1622 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1623 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1624 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1625 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1626 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1627 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1629 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1630 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1631 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1632 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1633 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1634 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1635 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1636 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1639 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1641 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1643 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1645 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1646 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1647 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1648 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1649 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1652 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1654 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1656 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1658 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1659 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1660 description of deb file format.
1661 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1662 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1664 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1666 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1667 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1669 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1671 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1673 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1674 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1675 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1676 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1677 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1678 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1679 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1680 packages in section on Procedure
1681 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1682 a package maintainer
1683 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1684 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1685 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1687 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1688 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1689 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1690 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1691 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1692 on various shlib files
1693 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1694 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1695 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1697 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1699 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1701 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1702 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1703 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1705 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1706 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1707 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1708 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1709 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1711 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1713 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1715 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1717 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1719 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1720 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1721 compatibility go in contrib.
1723 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1724 instructions in policy manual.
1725 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1728 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1730 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1732 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1733 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1734 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1735 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1737 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1738 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1741 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1743 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1745 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1746 * More detail about changelog format names.
1748 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1749 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1753 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1755 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1757 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1759 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1761 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1763 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1765 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1767 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1768 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1769 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1771 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1773 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1775 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1777 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1779 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1783 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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