1 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
4 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
5 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
6 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
7 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
8 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
9 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
10 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
11 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
12 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
13 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
14 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
15 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
16 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
17 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
18 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
19 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
20 alternative closes: Bug#53755
21 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
22 list closes: Bug#53756
23 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
24 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
25 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
26 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
27 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
28 policy closes: Bug#53760
29 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
30 policy closes: Bug#53761
31 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
32 that use X closes: Bug#53762
33 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
34 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
35 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
36 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
37 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
38 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
39 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
40 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
41 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
43 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
44 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
45 to install with older fileutils.
46 * Installed FHS version 2.1
47 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
48 * Added FHS details to copyright file
49 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
51 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
52 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
54 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
56 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
58 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
59 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
61 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
63 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
65 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
66 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
68 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
71 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
73 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
74 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
76 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
78 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
80 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
82 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
83 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
85 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
87 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
89 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
90 #45561, #42447, #48570)
91 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
92 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
93 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
94 directoried (closes: #41547)
95 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
96 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
97 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
98 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
99 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
100 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
101 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
102 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
103 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
104 package criteria (closes: #45318)
105 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
107 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
108 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
109 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
110 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
111 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
112 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
113 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
115 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
116 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
117 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
118 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
120 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
122 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
124 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
125 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
127 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
129 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
131 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
132 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
134 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
136 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
138 * A few typos and omissions corrected
139 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
141 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
142 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
143 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
144 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
145 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
146 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
147 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
148 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
149 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
150 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
151 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
152 this closes: Bug#38612
153 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
154 before. closes: Bug#40864
156 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
158 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
160 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
162 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
164 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
165 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
166 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
168 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
169 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
170 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
171 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
172 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
173 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
175 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
176 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
177 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
179 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
181 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
182 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
183 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
184 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
185 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
187 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
189 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
191 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
192 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
193 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
194 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
195 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
196 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
197 there). closes: Bug#34233
198 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
199 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
200 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
201 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
202 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
204 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
206 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
208 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
209 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
210 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
211 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
214 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
215 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
216 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
217 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
218 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
221 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
222 number. closes: BUG#25911
224 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
225 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
226 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
227 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
228 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
229 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
231 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
232 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
233 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
236 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
237 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
238 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
240 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
241 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
242 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
243 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
245 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
246 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
247 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
249 * Make the package optional, not extra.
251 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
252 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
253 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
254 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
255 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
256 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
257 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
258 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
261 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
263 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
264 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
267 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
269 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
271 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
273 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
275 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
277 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
278 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
279 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
280 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
281 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
282 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
283 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
284 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
286 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
287 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
289 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
291 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
293 * non-maintainer release
294 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
295 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
297 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
298 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
300 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
302 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
304 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
308 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
310 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
312 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
314 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
315 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
316 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
318 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
319 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
321 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
322 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
323 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
324 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
326 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
327 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
328 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
329 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
330 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
331 and restart options and to comply with the console message
332 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
334 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
335 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
336 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
339 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
340 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
341 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
343 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
344 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
345 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
347 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
348 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
350 * New version numbering scheme:
352 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
353 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
354 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
357 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
358 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
359 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
360 differ between the manuals.
362 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
363 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
364 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
365 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
369 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
370 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
372 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
374 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
376 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
378 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
380 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
381 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
382 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
384 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
385 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
388 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
389 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
390 file extension as the referenced file
392 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
393 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
395 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
396 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
397 start, stop, restart, force-reload
398 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
401 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
402 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
403 be installed into /etc/cron.d
405 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
406 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
407 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
408 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
411 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
412 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
415 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
416 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
417 reasonable default configuration
419 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
420 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
421 by all news servers and clients
423 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
424 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
425 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
426 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
427 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
429 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
430 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
433 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
435 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
436 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
438 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
441 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
442 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
444 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
445 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
447 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
449 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
451 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
453 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
454 - X library package is now called xlib6g
455 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
456 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
458 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
460 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
461 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
462 * Don't use debstd anymore
464 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
466 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
468 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
469 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
470 contrib/non-free policy
471 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
472 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
473 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
474 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
475 - new section about `Daemons'
476 - updated section about `Configuration files'
477 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
478 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
479 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
480 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
481 * Paper about libc6 migration:
482 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
483 * SGML source code included in package
484 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
486 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
488 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
490 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
491 - completely reworked structure
492 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
493 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
494 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
495 - removed all those ugly footnotes
496 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
497 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
498 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
499 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
500 - mention "orphaned packages"
501 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
502 distributions' policy
503 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
504 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
505 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
506 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
507 - added section about arch spec strings
508 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
509 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
510 - added section about "menus"
511 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
512 the new documentation policy soon
513 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
514 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
516 - added section about editors and pagers
517 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
518 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
519 - added section about device files
520 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
521 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
522 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
524 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
525 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
526 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
527 - Added new section about obsolete names
528 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
529 * Fixed package's description
531 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
533 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
535 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
537 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
539 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
541 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
542 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
543 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
544 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
546 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
548 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
550 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
551 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
552 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
554 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
555 and upload it "byhand" too.
557 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
559 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
562 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
563 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
564 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
565 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
566 functionality must not have the same name.
567 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
568 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
569 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
570 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
571 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
572 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
573 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
575 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
576 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
577 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
578 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
579 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
580 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
581 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
582 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
585 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
587 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
589 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
591 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
592 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
593 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
594 a package into. (Guy Maor)
595 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
598 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
600 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
602 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
604 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
605 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
606 description of deb file format.
607 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
608 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
610 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
612 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
613 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
615 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
617 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
619 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
620 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
621 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
622 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
623 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
624 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
625 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
626 packages in section on Procedure
627 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
629 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
630 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
631 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
633 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
634 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
635 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
636 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
637 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
638 on various shlib files
639 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
640 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
641 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
643 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
645 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
647 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
648 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
649 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
651 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
652 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
653 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
654 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
655 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
657 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
659 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
661 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
663 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
665 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
666 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
667 compatibility go in contrib.
669 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
670 instructions in policy manual.
671 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
674 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
676 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
678 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
679 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
680 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
681 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
683 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
684 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
687 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
689 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
691 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
692 * More detail about changelog format names.
694 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
695 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
699 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
701 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
703 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
705 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
707 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
709 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
711 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
713 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
714 * More verbosity about netiquette.
715 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
717 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
719 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
721 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
723 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
725 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
729 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
732 mode: debian-changelog