1 debian-policy (3.8.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
7 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
10 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
11 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
12 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
13 and distribution license' (three times).
14 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
15 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
18 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
20 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
22 Proposed by Santiago Vila
23 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
24 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
30 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
31 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
32 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
33 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
35 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
37 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
38 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
39 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
42 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
43 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
44 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
45 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
46 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
48 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
49 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
50 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
51 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
54 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
55 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
56 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
57 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
58 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
59 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
60 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
61 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
62 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
63 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
64 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
65 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
66 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
67 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
69 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Mon, 31 May 2010 20:00:28 +0200
71 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
74 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
75 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
77 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
78 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
82 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
85 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
86 Wording: Steve Langasek.
87 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
88 Seconded: Julien Cristau
92 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
93 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
94 Seconded: Russ Allbery
95 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
98 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
99 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
100 Seconded: Russ Allbery
102 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
103 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
104 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
105 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
106 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
107 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
108 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
109 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
110 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
112 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
113 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
114 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
115 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
116 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
117 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
118 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
119 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
120 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
121 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
122 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
123 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
124 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
125 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
126 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
127 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
129 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
130 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
131 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
132 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
133 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
135 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
138 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
139 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
140 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
141 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
142 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
143 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
146 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
148 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
150 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
151 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
152 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
153 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
155 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
156 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
157 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
158 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
160 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
161 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
162 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
163 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
165 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
166 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
167 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
168 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
169 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
170 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
172 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
173 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
174 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
175 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
176 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
178 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
179 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
180 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
181 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
183 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
184 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
185 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
186 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
188 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
189 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
190 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
191 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
193 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
194 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
195 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
196 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
198 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
199 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
200 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
201 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
203 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
204 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
205 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
206 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
207 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
208 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
209 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
210 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
211 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
212 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
213 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
214 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
215 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
216 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
217 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
219 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
220 Source field descriptions.
221 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
222 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
223 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
224 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
225 description says otherwise.
227 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
229 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
232 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
233 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
234 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
235 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
236 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
237 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
239 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
240 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
241 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
242 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
244 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
245 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
246 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
247 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
249 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
250 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
251 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
252 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
254 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
255 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
256 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
257 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
261 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
262 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
263 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
264 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
265 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
267 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
268 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
269 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
270 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
272 * Add myself to Uploaders.
275 * Add myself to Uploaders.
276 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
278 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
279 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
280 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
282 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
284 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
286 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
287 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
288 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
289 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
291 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
292 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
293 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
294 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
296 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
297 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
298 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
299 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
301 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
302 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
303 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
304 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
306 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
307 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
308 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
309 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
311 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
312 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
313 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
314 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
316 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
317 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
318 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
319 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
321 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
322 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
323 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
324 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
326 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
327 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
328 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
329 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
331 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
332 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
333 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
334 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
336 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
337 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
338 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
339 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
340 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
342 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
343 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
344 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
345 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
346 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
347 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
348 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
349 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
350 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
351 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
352 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
353 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
354 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
355 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
356 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
357 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
358 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
359 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
360 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
361 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
362 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
363 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
364 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
365 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
366 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
367 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
368 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
369 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
370 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
371 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
373 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
374 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
375 links was completed long ago.
376 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
378 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
380 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
382 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
383 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
385 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
387 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
389 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
390 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
391 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
392 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
393 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
394 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
395 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
396 Millan (Closes: #209008).
397 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
398 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
400 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
402 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
404 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
405 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
406 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
407 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
408 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
409 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
410 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
412 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
413 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
414 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
415 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
417 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
418 Küster (Closes: #403391).
419 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
420 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
421 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
422 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
423 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
424 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
425 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
426 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
427 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
428 Closes: #186700, #458910
429 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
430 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
431 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
433 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
434 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
435 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
436 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
437 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
438 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
439 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
440 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
442 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
443 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
445 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
446 * Add an md5sums control file.
447 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
448 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
449 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
450 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
451 currently part of policy.
452 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
453 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
454 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
457 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
459 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
461 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
462 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
463 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
464 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
465 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
466 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
467 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
468 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
469 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
470 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
471 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
472 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
473 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
474 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
475 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
476 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
478 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
480 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
481 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
482 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
484 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
485 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
486 list?" (Closes: #412634).
487 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
488 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
489 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
490 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
491 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
492 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
493 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
494 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
495 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
496 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
497 debconf specification.
498 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
499 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
501 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
503 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
505 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
506 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
507 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
508 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
509 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
511 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
513 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
514 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
515 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
516 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
517 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
519 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
520 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
521 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
522 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
523 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
524 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
525 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
526 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
527 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
528 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
529 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
530 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
531 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
532 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
533 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
534 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
536 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
538 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
539 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
540 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
541 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
542 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
543 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
544 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
545 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
547 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
549 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
551 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
552 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
553 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
554 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
555 Polo (Closes: #372497).
556 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
557 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
559 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
560 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
561 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
562 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
563 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
564 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
565 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
566 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
567 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
568 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
570 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
571 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
572 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
573 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
574 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
575 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
577 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
579 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
581 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
582 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
583 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
584 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
586 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
587 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
589 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
591 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
593 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
594 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
595 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
596 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
597 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
598 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
599 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
600 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
601 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
602 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
604 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
605 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
606 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
607 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
608 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
609 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
610 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
611 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
612 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
613 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
614 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
617 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
619 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
621 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
622 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
623 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
624 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
625 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
626 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
627 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
628 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
629 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
630 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
631 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
632 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
633 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
634 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
635 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
636 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
637 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
638 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
639 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
640 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
641 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
642 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
643 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
644 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
645 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
646 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
647 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
648 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
650 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
651 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
652 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
653 Hess (Closes: #362247).
654 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
655 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
656 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
657 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
658 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
659 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
660 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
661 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
662 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
663 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
664 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
665 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
667 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
668 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
670 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
671 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
672 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
673 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
674 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
675 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
676 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
677 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
678 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
679 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
680 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
682 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
684 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
687 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
688 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
689 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
690 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
691 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
692 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
693 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
694 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
695 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
696 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
697 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
698 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
699 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
701 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
702 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
703 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
704 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
705 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
706 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
707 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
708 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
709 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
710 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
711 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
712 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
713 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
714 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
715 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
716 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
717 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
718 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
719 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
722 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
724 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
726 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
727 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
728 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
729 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
731 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
732 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
733 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
734 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
736 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
738 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
741 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
742 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
743 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
744 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
745 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
746 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
747 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
748 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
749 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
750 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
752 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
753 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
754 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
756 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
757 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
758 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
759 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
760 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
761 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
762 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
764 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
765 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
766 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
767 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
769 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
770 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
771 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
772 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
773 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
774 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
775 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
776 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
778 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
779 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
780 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
781 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
782 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
783 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
784 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
785 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
786 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
787 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
788 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
789 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
790 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
791 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
792 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
793 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
794 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
796 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
798 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
801 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
802 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
803 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
804 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
805 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
806 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
807 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
808 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
809 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
811 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
812 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
813 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
814 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
815 this section. closes: Bug#248618
816 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
817 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
818 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
819 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
820 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
821 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
822 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
823 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
824 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
825 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
826 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
827 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
829 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
830 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
831 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
834 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
835 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
836 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
838 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
839 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
840 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
841 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
842 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
843 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
845 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
846 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
848 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
849 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
850 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
851 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
852 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
853 Closes: #185943, #237049
855 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
857 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
860 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
863 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
864 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
865 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
866 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
867 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
868 running. closes: Bug#187250
869 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
870 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
871 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
872 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
873 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
874 user closes: Bug#176506
876 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
878 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
881 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
882 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
883 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
884 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
885 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
886 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
887 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
888 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
889 deb-building toolchain.
890 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
891 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
892 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
893 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
894 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
895 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
896 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
897 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
898 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
899 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
900 sections about changelog files.
902 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
903 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
904 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
905 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
906 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
907 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
909 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
910 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
911 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
912 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
913 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
914 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
915 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
916 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
917 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
918 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
919 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
920 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
921 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
922 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
923 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
924 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
925 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
926 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
927 for the restructuring
929 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
931 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
934 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
936 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
937 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
938 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
939 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
940 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
941 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
943 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
944 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
945 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
946 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
947 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
948 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
949 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
951 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
952 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
953 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
954 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
956 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
958 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
961 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
962 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
963 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
964 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
965 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
966 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
968 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
969 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
970 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
971 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
973 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
974 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
975 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
976 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
977 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
978 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
979 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
980 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
981 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
983 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
984 script should start it, closes: #60979
985 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
986 "should", closes: #170019
987 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
988 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
989 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
990 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
991 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
992 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
993 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
994 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
997 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
999 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1002 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1003 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1004 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1005 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1006 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1007 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1008 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1009 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1010 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1012 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1013 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1014 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1015 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1016 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1017 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1018 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1019 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1020 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1022 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1023 file, closes: Bug#65764
1025 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1027 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1029 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1030 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1031 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1032 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1033 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1034 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1035 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1036 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1037 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1038 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1039 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1040 details. closes: Bug#133030
1041 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1042 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1043 parts of Bug#161455.
1045 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1047 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1049 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1050 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1051 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1052 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1053 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1054 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1055 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1056 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1057 not. closes: Bug#139820
1058 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1059 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1060 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1061 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1062 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1063 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1064 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1065 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1066 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1067 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1069 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1071 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1072 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1073 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1074 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1075 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1076 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1077 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1078 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1079 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1080 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1081 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1082 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1083 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1084 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1085 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1086 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1087 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1088 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1089 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1090 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1092 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1093 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1094 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1095 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1096 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1097 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1098 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1100 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1101 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1102 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1103 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1104 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1105 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1106 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1107 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1108 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1110 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1112 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1114 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1115 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1116 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1117 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1118 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1119 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1120 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1121 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1122 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1123 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1124 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1125 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1126 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1127 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1128 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1129 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1130 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1131 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1132 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1133 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1134 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1135 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1136 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1138 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1140 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1142 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1143 medium, high, emergency.
1144 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1145 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1146 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1147 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1148 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1151 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1152 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1153 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1155 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1156 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1157 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1158 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1159 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1160 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1161 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1164 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1166 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1168 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1169 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1170 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1171 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1173 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1174 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1175 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1176 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1177 debian/rules to do this
1178 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1179 patches are incorporated upstream
1180 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1181 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1182 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1183 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1184 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1185 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1187 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1188 system closes: Bug#91249
1189 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1190 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1191 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1192 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1193 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1194 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1195 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1196 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1197 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1198 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1199 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1200 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1201 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1203 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1205 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1207 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1208 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1209 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1210 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1212 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1213 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1214 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1216 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1219 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1221 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1223 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1224 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1225 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1226 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1227 package for the time being
1228 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1229 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1230 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1231 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1232 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1233 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1234 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1235 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1236 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1237 Build-Depends arch syntax
1238 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1240 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1241 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1243 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1244 from policy maintenance duties.
1245 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1246 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1248 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1250 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1252 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1254 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1256 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1258 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1259 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1260 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1261 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1262 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1263 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1264 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1265 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1266 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1267 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1268 minor version number for this
1269 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1270 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1271 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1272 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1273 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1274 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1275 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1276 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1277 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1279 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1281 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1283 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1284 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1285 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1286 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1287 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1289 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1291 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1292 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1293 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1294 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1295 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1296 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1297 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1298 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1299 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1300 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1301 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1302 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1303 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1304 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1305 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1306 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1309 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1311 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1313 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1314 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1316 * Document the Enhances relationship
1317 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1318 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1319 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1320 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1321 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1322 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1324 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1326 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1327 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1328 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1329 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1331 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1332 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1333 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1334 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1335 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1337 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1339 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1341 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1342 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1343 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1345 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1346 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1347 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1348 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1349 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1350 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1351 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1352 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1353 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1355 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1357 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1359 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1361 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1362 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1363 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1364 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1365 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1366 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1367 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1368 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1369 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1370 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1371 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1372 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1373 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1374 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1375 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1376 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1377 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1378 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1379 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1380 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1381 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1382 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1384 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1385 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1387 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1389 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1391 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1392 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1393 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1394 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1395 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1396 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1397 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1398 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1399 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1400 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1401 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1402 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1403 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1404 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1405 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1406 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1407 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1408 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1409 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1410 list closes: Bug#53756
1411 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1412 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1413 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1414 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1415 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1416 policy closes: Bug#53760
1417 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1418 policy closes: Bug#53761
1419 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1420 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1421 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1422 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1423 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1424 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1425 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1426 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1427 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1428 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1429 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1431 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1432 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1433 to install with older fileutils.
1434 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1435 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1436 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1437 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1439 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1440 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1442 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1444 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1446 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1447 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1449 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1451 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1453 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1454 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1456 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1459 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1461 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1462 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1464 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1466 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1468 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1470 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1471 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1473 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1475 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1477 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1478 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1479 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1480 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1481 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1482 directoried (closes: #41547)
1483 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1484 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1485 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1486 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1487 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1488 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1489 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1490 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1491 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1492 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1493 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1495 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1496 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1497 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1498 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1499 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1500 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1501 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1503 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1504 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1505 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1506 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1508 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1510 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1512 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1513 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1515 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1517 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1519 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1520 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1522 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1524 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1526 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1527 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1529 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1530 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1531 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1532 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1533 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1534 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1535 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1536 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1537 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1538 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1539 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1540 this closes: Bug#38612
1541 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1542 before. closes: Bug#40864
1544 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1546 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1548 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1549 officially uploaded.
1550 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1552 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1553 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1554 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1556 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1557 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1558 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1559 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1560 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1561 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1563 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1564 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1565 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1567 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1569 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1570 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1571 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1572 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1573 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1575 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1577 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1579 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1580 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1581 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1582 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1583 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1584 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1585 there). closes: Bug#34233
1586 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1587 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1588 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1589 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1590 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1592 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1594 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1596 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1597 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1598 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1599 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1602 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1603 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1604 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1605 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1606 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1609 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1610 number. closes: BUG#25911
1612 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1613 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1614 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1615 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1616 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1617 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1619 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1620 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1621 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1624 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1625 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1626 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1628 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1629 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1630 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1631 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1633 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1634 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1635 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1637 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1639 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1640 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1641 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1642 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1643 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1644 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1645 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1646 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1649 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1651 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1652 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1655 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1657 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1659 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1661 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1663 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1665 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1666 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1667 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1668 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1669 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1670 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1671 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1672 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1674 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1675 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1677 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1679 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1681 * non-maintainer release
1682 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1683 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1685 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1686 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1687 * no content changes
1688 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1690 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1692 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1696 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1698 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1700 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1702 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1703 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1704 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1706 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1707 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1709 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1710 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1711 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1712 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1714 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1715 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1716 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1717 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1718 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1719 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1720 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1722 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1723 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1724 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1727 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1728 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1729 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1731 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1732 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1733 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1735 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1736 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1738 * New version numbering scheme:
1740 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1741 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1742 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1745 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1746 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1747 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1748 differ between the manuals.
1750 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1751 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1752 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1753 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1755 * Packaging changes:
1757 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1758 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1760 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1762 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1764 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1766 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1768 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1769 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1770 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1772 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1773 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1776 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1777 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1778 file extension as the referenced file
1780 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1781 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1783 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1784 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1785 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1786 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1789 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1790 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1791 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1793 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1794 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1795 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1796 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1799 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1800 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1803 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1804 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1805 reasonable default configuration
1807 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1808 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1809 by all news servers and clients
1811 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1812 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1813 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1814 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1815 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1817 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1818 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1821 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1823 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1824 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1826 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1829 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1830 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1832 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1833 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1835 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1837 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1839 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1841 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1842 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1843 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1844 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1846 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1848 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1849 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1850 * Don't use debstd anymore
1852 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1854 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1856 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1857 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1858 contrib/non-free policy
1859 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1860 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1861 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1862 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1863 - new section about `Daemons'
1864 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1865 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1866 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1867 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1868 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1869 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1870 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1871 * SGML source code included in package
1872 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1874 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1876 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1878 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1879 - completely reworked structure
1880 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1881 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1882 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1883 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1884 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1885 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1886 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1887 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1888 - mention "orphaned packages"
1889 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1890 distributions' policy
1891 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1892 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1893 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1894 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1895 - added section about arch spec strings
1896 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1897 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1898 - added section about "menus"
1899 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1900 the new documentation policy soon
1901 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1902 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1904 - added section about editors and pagers
1905 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1906 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1907 - added section about device files
1908 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1909 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1910 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1912 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1913 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1914 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1915 - Added new section about obsolete names
1916 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1917 * Fixed package's description
1919 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1921 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1923 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1925 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1927 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1929 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1930 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1931 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1932 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1934 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1936 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1938 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1939 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1940 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1942 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1943 and upload it "byhand" too.
1945 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1947 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1950 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1951 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1952 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1953 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1954 functionality must not have the same name.
1955 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1956 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1957 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1958 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1959 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1960 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1961 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1963 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1964 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1965 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1966 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1967 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1968 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1969 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1970 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1973 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1975 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1977 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1979 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1980 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1981 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1982 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1983 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1986 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1988 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1990 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1992 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1993 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1994 description of deb file format.
1995 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1996 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1998 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2000 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2001 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2003 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2005 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2007 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2008 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2009 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2010 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2011 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2012 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2013 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2014 packages in section on Procedure
2015 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2016 a package maintainer
2017 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2018 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2019 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2021 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2022 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2023 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2024 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2025 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2026 on various shlib files
2027 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2028 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2029 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2031 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2033 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2035 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2036 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2037 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2039 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2040 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2041 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2042 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2043 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2045 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2047 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2049 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2051 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2053 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2054 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2055 compatibility go in contrib.
2057 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2058 instructions in policy manual.
2059 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2062 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2064 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2066 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2067 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2068 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2069 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2071 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2072 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2075 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2077 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2079 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2080 * More detail about changelog format names.
2082 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2083 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2087 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2089 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2091 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2093 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2095 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2097 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2099 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2101 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2102 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2103 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2105 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2107 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2109 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2111 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2113 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2117 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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