1 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
5 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
6 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
7 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
8 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
9 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
10 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
11 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
12 deb-building toolchain.
13 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
14 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
15 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
16 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
17 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
18 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
19 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
20 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
21 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
22 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
23 sections about changelog files.
25 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
26 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
27 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
28 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
29 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
30 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
32 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
33 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
34 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
35 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
36 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
37 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
38 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
39 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
40 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
41 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
42 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
43 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
44 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
45 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
46 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
47 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
48 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
49 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
52 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
54 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
57 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
59 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
60 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
61 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
62 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
63 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
64 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
66 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
67 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
68 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
69 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
70 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
71 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
72 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
74 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
75 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
76 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
77 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
79 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
81 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
84 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
85 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
86 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
87 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
88 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
89 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
91 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
92 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
93 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
94 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
96 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
97 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
98 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
99 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
100 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
101 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
102 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
103 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
104 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
106 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
107 script should start it, closes: #60979
108 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
109 "should", closes: #170019
110 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
111 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
112 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
113 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
114 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
115 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
116 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
117 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
120 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
122 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
125 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
126 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
127 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
128 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
129 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
130 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
131 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
132 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
133 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
135 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
136 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
137 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
138 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
139 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
140 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
141 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
142 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
143 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
145 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
146 file, closes: Bug#65764
148 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
150 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
152 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
153 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
154 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
155 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
156 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
157 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
158 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
159 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
160 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
161 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
162 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
163 details. closes: Bug#133030
164 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
165 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
168 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
170 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
172 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
173 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
174 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
175 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
176 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
177 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
178 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
179 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
180 not. closes: Bug#139820
181 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
182 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
183 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
184 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
185 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
186 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
187 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
188 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
189 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
190 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
192 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
194 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
195 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
196 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
197 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
198 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
199 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
200 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
201 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
202 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
203 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
204 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
205 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
206 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
207 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
208 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
209 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
210 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
211 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
212 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
213 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
215 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
216 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
217 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
218 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
219 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
220 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
221 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
223 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
224 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
225 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
226 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
227 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
228 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
229 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
230 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
231 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
233 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
235 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
237 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
238 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
239 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
240 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
241 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
242 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
243 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
244 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
245 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
246 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
247 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
248 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
249 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
250 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
251 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
252 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
253 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
254 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
255 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
256 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
257 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
258 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
259 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
261 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
263 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
265 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
266 medium, high, emergency.
267 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
268 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
269 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
270 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
271 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
274 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
275 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
276 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
278 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
279 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
280 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
281 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
282 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
283 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
284 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
287 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
289 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
291 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
292 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
293 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
294 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
296 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
297 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
298 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
299 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
300 debian/rules to do this
301 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
302 patches are incorporated upstream
303 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
304 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
305 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
306 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
307 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
308 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
310 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
311 system closes: Bug#91249
312 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
313 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
314 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
315 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
316 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
317 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
318 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
319 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
320 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
321 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
322 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
323 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
324 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
326 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
328 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
330 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
331 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
332 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
333 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
335 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
336 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
337 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
339 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
342 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
344 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
346 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
347 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
348 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
349 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
350 package for the time being
351 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
352 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
353 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
354 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
355 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
356 * Rename all .text files as .txt
357 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
358 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
359 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
360 Build-Depends arch syntax
361 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
363 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
364 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
366 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
367 from policy maintenance duties.
368 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
369 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
371 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
373 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
375 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
377 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
379 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
381 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
382 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
383 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
384 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
385 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
386 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
387 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
388 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
389 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
390 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
391 minor version number for this
392 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
393 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
394 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
395 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
396 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
397 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
398 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
399 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
400 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
402 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
404 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
406 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
407 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
408 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
409 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
410 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
412 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
414 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
415 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
416 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
417 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
418 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
419 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
420 xutils closes: Bug#82966
421 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
422 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
423 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
424 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
425 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
426 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
427 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
428 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
429 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
432 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
434 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
436 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
437 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
439 * Document the Enhances relationship
440 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
441 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
442 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
443 policy. closes: Bug#53496
444 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
445 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
447 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
449 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
450 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
451 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
452 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
454 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
455 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
456 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
457 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
458 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
460 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
462 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
464 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
465 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
466 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
468 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
469 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
470 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
471 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
472 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
473 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
474 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
475 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
476 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
478 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
480 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
482 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
484 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
485 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
486 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
487 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
488 policy. closes: Bug#64437
489 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
490 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
491 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
492 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
493 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
494 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
495 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
496 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
497 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
498 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
499 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
500 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
501 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
502 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
503 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
504 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
505 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
507 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
508 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
510 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
512 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
514 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
515 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
516 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
517 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
518 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
519 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
520 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
521 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
522 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
523 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
524 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
525 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
526 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
527 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
528 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
529 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
530 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
531 alternative closes: Bug#53755
532 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
533 list closes: Bug#53756
534 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
535 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
536 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
537 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
538 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
539 policy closes: Bug#53760
540 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
541 policy closes: Bug#53761
542 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
543 that use X closes: Bug#53762
544 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
545 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
546 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
547 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
548 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
549 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
550 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
551 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
552 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
554 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
555 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
556 to install with older fileutils.
557 * Installed FHS version 2.1
558 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
559 * Added FHS details to copyright file
560 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
562 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
563 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
565 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
567 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
569 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
570 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
572 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
574 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
576 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
577 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
579 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
582 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
584 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
585 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
587 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
589 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
591 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
593 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
594 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
596 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
598 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
600 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
601 #45561, #42447, #48570)
602 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
603 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
604 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
605 directoried (closes: #41547)
606 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
607 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
608 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
609 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
610 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
611 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
612 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
613 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
614 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
615 package criteria (closes: #45318)
616 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
618 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
619 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
620 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
621 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
622 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
623 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
624 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
626 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
627 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
628 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
629 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
631 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
633 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
635 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
636 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
638 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
640 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
642 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
643 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
645 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
647 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
649 * A few typos and omissions corrected
650 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
652 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
653 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
654 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
655 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
656 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
657 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
658 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
659 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
660 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
661 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
662 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
663 this closes: Bug#38612
664 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
665 before. closes: Bug#40864
667 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
669 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
671 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
673 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
675 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
676 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
677 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
679 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
680 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
681 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
682 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
683 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
684 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
686 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
687 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
688 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
690 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
692 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
693 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
694 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
695 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
696 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
698 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
700 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
702 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
703 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
704 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
705 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
706 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
707 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
708 there). closes: Bug#34233
709 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
710 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
711 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
712 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
713 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
715 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
717 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
719 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
720 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
721 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
722 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
725 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
726 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
727 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
728 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
729 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
732 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
733 number. closes: BUG#25911
735 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
736 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
737 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
738 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
739 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
740 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
742 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
743 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
744 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
747 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
748 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
749 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
751 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
752 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
753 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
754 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
756 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
757 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
758 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
760 * Make the package optional, not extra.
762 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
763 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
764 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
765 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
766 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
767 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
768 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
769 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
772 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
774 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
775 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
778 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
780 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
782 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
784 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
786 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
788 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
789 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
790 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
791 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
792 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
793 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
794 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
795 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
797 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
798 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
800 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
802 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
804 * non-maintainer release
805 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
806 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
808 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
809 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
811 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
813 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
815 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
819 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
821 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
823 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
825 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
826 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
827 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
829 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
830 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
832 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
833 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
834 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
835 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
837 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
838 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
839 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
840 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
841 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
842 and restart options and to comply with the console message
843 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
845 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
846 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
847 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
850 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
851 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
852 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
854 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
855 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
856 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
858 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
859 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
861 * New version numbering scheme:
863 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
864 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
865 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
868 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
869 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
870 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
871 differ between the manuals.
873 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
874 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
875 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
876 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
880 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
881 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
883 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
885 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
887 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
889 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
891 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
892 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
893 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
895 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
896 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
899 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
900 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
901 file extension as the referenced file
903 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
904 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
906 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
907 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
908 start, stop, restart, force-reload
909 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
912 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
913 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
914 be installed into /etc/cron.d
916 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
917 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
918 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
919 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
922 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
923 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
926 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
927 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
928 reasonable default configuration
930 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
931 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
932 by all news servers and clients
934 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
935 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
936 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
937 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
938 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
940 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
941 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
944 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
946 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
947 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
949 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
952 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
953 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
955 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
956 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
958 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
960 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
962 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
964 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
965 - X library package is now called xlib6g
966 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
967 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
969 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
971 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
972 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
973 * Don't use debstd anymore
975 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
977 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
979 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
980 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
981 contrib/non-free policy
982 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
983 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
984 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
985 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
986 - new section about `Daemons'
987 - updated section about `Configuration files'
988 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
989 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
990 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
991 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
992 * Paper about libc6 migration:
993 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
994 * SGML source code included in package
995 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
997 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
999 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1001 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1002 - completely reworked structure
1003 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1004 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1005 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1006 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1007 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1008 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1009 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1010 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1011 - mention "orphaned packages"
1012 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1013 distributions' policy
1014 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1015 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1016 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1017 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1018 - added section about arch spec strings
1019 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1020 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1021 - added section about "menus"
1022 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1023 the new documentation policy soon
1024 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1025 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1027 - added section about editors and pagers
1028 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1029 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1030 - added section about device files
1031 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1032 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1033 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1035 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1036 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1037 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1038 - Added new section about obsolete names
1039 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1040 * Fixed package's description
1042 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1044 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1046 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1048 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1050 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1052 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1053 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1054 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1055 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1057 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1059 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1061 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1062 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1063 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1065 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1066 and upload it "byhand" too.
1068 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1070 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1073 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1074 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1075 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1076 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1077 functionality must not have the same name.
1078 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1079 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1080 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1081 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1082 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1083 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1084 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1086 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1087 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1088 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1089 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1090 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1091 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1092 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1093 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1096 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1098 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1100 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1102 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1103 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1104 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1105 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1106 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1109 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1111 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1113 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1115 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1116 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1117 description of deb file format.
1118 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1119 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1121 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1123 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1124 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1126 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1128 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1130 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1131 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1132 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1133 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1134 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1135 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1136 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1137 packages in section on Procedure
1138 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1139 a package maintainer
1140 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1141 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1142 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1144 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1145 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1146 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1147 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1148 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1149 on various shlib files
1150 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1151 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1152 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1154 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1156 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1158 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1159 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1160 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1162 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1163 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1164 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1165 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1166 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1168 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1170 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1172 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1174 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1176 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1177 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1178 compatibility go in contrib.
1180 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1181 instructions in policy manual.
1182 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1185 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1187 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1189 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1190 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1191 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1192 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1194 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1195 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1198 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1200 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1202 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1203 * More detail about changelog format names.
1205 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1206 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1210 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1212 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1214 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1216 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1218 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1220 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1222 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1224 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1225 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1226 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1228 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1230 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1232 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1234 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1236 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1240 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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