1 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
5 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
6 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
7 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
8 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
9 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
10 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
11 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
12 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
13 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
15 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
16 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
17 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
19 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
20 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
21 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
22 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
23 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
24 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
25 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
27 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
28 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
29 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
30 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
32 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
33 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
34 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
35 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
36 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
37 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
38 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
39 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
44 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
47 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
48 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
49 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
50 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
51 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
52 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
53 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
54 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
55 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
57 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
58 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
59 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
60 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
61 this section. closes: Bug#248618
62 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
63 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
64 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
65 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
66 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
67 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
68 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
69 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
70 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
71 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
72 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
73 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
75 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
76 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
77 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
80 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
81 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
82 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
84 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
85 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
86 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
87 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
88 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
89 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
91 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
92 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
94 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
95 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
96 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
97 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
98 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
99 Closes: #185943, #237049
101 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
103 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
106 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
109 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
110 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
111 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
112 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
113 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
114 running. closes: Bug#187250
115 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
116 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
117 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
118 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
119 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
120 user closes: Bug#176506
122 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
124 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
127 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
128 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
129 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
130 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
131 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
132 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
133 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
134 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
135 deb-building toolchain.
136 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
137 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
138 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
139 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
140 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
141 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
142 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
143 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
144 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
145 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
146 sections about changelog files.
148 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
149 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
150 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
151 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
152 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
153 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
155 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
156 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
157 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
158 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
159 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
160 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
161 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
162 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
163 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
164 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
165 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
166 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
167 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
168 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
169 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
170 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
171 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
172 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
173 for the restructuring
175 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
177 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
180 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
182 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
183 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
184 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
185 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
186 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
187 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
189 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
190 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
191 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
192 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
193 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
194 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
195 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
197 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
198 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
199 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
200 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
202 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
204 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
207 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
208 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
209 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
210 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
211 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
212 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
214 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
215 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
216 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
217 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
219 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
220 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
221 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
222 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
223 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
224 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
225 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
226 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
227 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
229 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
230 script should start it, closes: #60979
231 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
232 "should", closes: #170019
233 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
234 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
235 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
236 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
237 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
238 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
239 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
240 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
243 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
245 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
248 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
249 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
250 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
251 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
252 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
253 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
254 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
255 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
256 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
258 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
259 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
260 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
261 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
262 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
263 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
264 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
265 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
266 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
268 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
269 file, closes: Bug#65764
271 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
273 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
275 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
276 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
277 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
278 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
279 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
280 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
281 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
282 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
283 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
284 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
285 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
286 details. closes: Bug#133030
287 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
288 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
291 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
293 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
295 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
296 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
297 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
298 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
299 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
300 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
301 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
302 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
303 not. closes: Bug#139820
304 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
305 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
306 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
307 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
308 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
309 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
310 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
311 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
312 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
313 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
315 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
317 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
318 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
319 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
320 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
321 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
322 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
323 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
324 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
325 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
326 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
327 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
328 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
329 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
330 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
331 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
332 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
333 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
334 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
335 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
336 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
338 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
339 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
340 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
341 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
342 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
343 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
344 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
346 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
347 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
348 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
349 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
350 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
351 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
352 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
353 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
354 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
356 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
358 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
360 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
361 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
362 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
363 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
364 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
365 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
366 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
367 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
368 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
369 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
370 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
371 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
372 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
373 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
374 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
375 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
376 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
377 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
378 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
379 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
380 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
381 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
382 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
384 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
386 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
388 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
389 medium, high, emergency.
390 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
391 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
392 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
393 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
394 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
397 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
398 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
399 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
401 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
402 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
403 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
404 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
405 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
406 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
407 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
410 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
412 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
414 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
415 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
416 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
417 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
419 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
420 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
421 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
422 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
423 debian/rules to do this
424 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
425 patches are incorporated upstream
426 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
427 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
428 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
429 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
430 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
431 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
433 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
434 system closes: Bug#91249
435 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
436 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
437 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
438 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
439 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
440 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
441 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
442 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
443 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
444 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
445 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
446 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
447 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
449 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
451 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
453 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
454 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
455 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
456 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
458 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
459 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
460 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
462 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
465 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
467 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
469 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
470 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
471 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
472 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
473 package for the time being
474 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
475 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
476 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
477 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
478 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
479 * Rename all .text files as .txt
480 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
481 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
482 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
483 Build-Depends arch syntax
484 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
486 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
487 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
489 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
490 from policy maintenance duties.
491 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
492 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
494 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
496 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
498 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
500 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
502 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
504 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
505 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
506 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
507 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
508 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
509 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
510 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
511 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
512 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
513 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
514 minor version number for this
515 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
516 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
517 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
518 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
519 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
520 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
521 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
522 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
523 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
525 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
527 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
529 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
530 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
531 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
532 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
533 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
535 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
537 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
538 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
539 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
540 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
541 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
542 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
543 xutils closes: Bug#82966
544 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
545 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
546 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
547 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
548 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
549 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
550 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
551 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
552 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
555 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
557 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
559 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
560 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
562 * Document the Enhances relationship
563 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
564 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
565 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
566 policy. closes: Bug#53496
567 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
568 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
570 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
572 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
573 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
574 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
575 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
577 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
578 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
579 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
580 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
581 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
583 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
585 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
587 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
588 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
589 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
591 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
592 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
593 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
594 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
595 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
596 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
597 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
598 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
599 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
601 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
603 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
605 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
607 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
608 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
609 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
610 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
611 policy. closes: Bug#64437
612 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
613 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
614 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
615 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
616 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
617 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
618 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
619 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
620 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
621 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
622 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
623 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
624 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
625 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
626 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
627 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
628 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
630 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
631 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
633 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
635 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
637 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
638 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
639 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
640 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
641 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
642 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
643 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
644 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
645 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
646 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
647 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
648 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
649 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
650 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
651 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
652 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
653 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
654 alternative closes: Bug#53755
655 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
656 list closes: Bug#53756
657 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
658 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
659 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
660 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
661 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
662 policy closes: Bug#53760
663 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
664 policy closes: Bug#53761
665 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
666 that use X closes: Bug#53762
667 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
668 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
669 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
670 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
671 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
672 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
673 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
674 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
675 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
677 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
678 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
679 to install with older fileutils.
680 * Installed FHS version 2.1
681 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
682 * Added FHS details to copyright file
683 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
685 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
686 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
688 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
690 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
692 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
693 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
695 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
697 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
699 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
700 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
702 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
705 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
707 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
708 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
710 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
712 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
714 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
716 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
717 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
719 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
721 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
723 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
724 #45561, #42447, #48570)
725 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
726 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
727 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
728 directoried (closes: #41547)
729 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
730 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
731 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
732 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
733 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
734 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
735 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
736 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
737 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
738 package criteria (closes: #45318)
739 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
741 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
742 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
743 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
744 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
745 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
746 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
747 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
749 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
750 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
751 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
752 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
754 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
756 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
758 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
759 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
761 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
763 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
765 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
766 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
768 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
770 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
772 * A few typos and omissions corrected
773 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
775 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
776 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
777 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
778 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
779 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
780 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
781 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
782 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
783 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
784 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
785 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
786 this closes: Bug#38612
787 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
788 before. closes: Bug#40864
790 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
792 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
794 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
796 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
798 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
799 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
800 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
802 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
803 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
804 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
805 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
806 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
807 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
809 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
810 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
811 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
813 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
815 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
816 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
817 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
818 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
819 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
821 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
823 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
825 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
826 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
827 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
828 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
829 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
830 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
831 there). closes: Bug#34233
832 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
833 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
834 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
835 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
836 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
838 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
840 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
842 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
843 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
844 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
845 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
848 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
849 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
850 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
851 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
852 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
855 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
856 number. closes: BUG#25911
858 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
859 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
860 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
861 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
862 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
863 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
865 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
866 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
867 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
870 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
871 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
872 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
874 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
875 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
876 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
877 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
879 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
880 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
881 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
883 * Make the package optional, not extra.
885 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
886 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
887 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
888 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
889 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
890 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
891 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
892 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
895 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
897 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
898 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
901 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
903 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
905 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
907 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
909 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
911 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
912 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
913 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
914 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
915 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
916 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
917 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
918 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
920 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
921 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
923 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
925 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
927 * non-maintainer release
928 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
929 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
931 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
932 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
934 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
936 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
938 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
942 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
944 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
946 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
948 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
949 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
950 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
952 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
953 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
955 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
956 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
957 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
958 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
960 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
961 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
962 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
963 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
964 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
965 and restart options and to comply with the console message
966 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
968 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
969 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
970 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
973 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
974 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
975 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
977 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
978 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
979 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
981 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
982 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
984 * New version numbering scheme:
986 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
987 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
988 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
991 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
992 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
993 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
994 differ between the manuals.
996 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
997 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
998 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
999 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1001 * Packaging changes:
1003 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1004 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1006 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1008 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1010 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1012 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1014 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1015 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1016 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1018 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1019 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1022 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1023 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1024 file extension as the referenced file
1026 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1027 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1029 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1030 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1031 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1032 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1035 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1036 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1037 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1039 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1040 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1041 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1042 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1045 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1046 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1049 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1050 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1051 reasonable default configuration
1053 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1054 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1055 by all news servers and clients
1057 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1058 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1059 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1060 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1061 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1063 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1064 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1067 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1069 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1070 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1072 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1075 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1076 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1078 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1079 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1081 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1083 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1085 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1087 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1088 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1089 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1090 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1092 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1094 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1095 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1096 * Don't use debstd anymore
1098 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1100 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1102 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1103 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1104 contrib/non-free policy
1105 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1106 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1107 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1108 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1109 - new section about `Daemons'
1110 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1111 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1112 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1113 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1114 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1115 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1116 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1117 * SGML source code included in package
1118 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1120 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1122 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1124 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1125 - completely reworked structure
1126 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1127 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1128 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1129 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1130 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1131 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1132 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1133 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1134 - mention "orphaned packages"
1135 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1136 distributions' policy
1137 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1138 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1139 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1140 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1141 - added section about arch spec strings
1142 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1143 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1144 - added section about "menus"
1145 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1146 the new documentation policy soon
1147 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1148 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1150 - added section about editors and pagers
1151 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1152 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1153 - added section about device files
1154 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1155 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1156 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1158 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1159 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1160 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1161 - Added new section about obsolete names
1162 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1163 * Fixed package's description
1165 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1167 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1169 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1171 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1173 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1175 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1176 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1177 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1178 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1180 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1182 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1184 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1185 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1186 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1188 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1189 and upload it "byhand" too.
1191 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1193 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1196 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1197 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1198 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1199 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1200 functionality must not have the same name.
1201 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1202 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1203 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1204 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1205 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1206 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1207 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1209 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1210 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1211 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1212 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1213 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1214 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1215 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1216 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1219 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1221 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1223 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1225 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1226 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1227 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1228 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1229 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1232 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1234 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1236 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1238 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1239 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1240 description of deb file format.
1241 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1242 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1244 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1246 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1247 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1249 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1251 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1253 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1254 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1255 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1256 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1257 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1258 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1259 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1260 packages in section on Procedure
1261 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1262 a package maintainer
1263 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1264 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1265 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1267 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1268 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1269 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1270 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1271 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1272 on various shlib files
1273 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1274 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1275 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1277 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1279 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1281 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1282 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1283 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1285 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1286 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1287 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1288 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1289 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1291 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1293 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1295 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1297 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1299 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1300 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1301 compatibility go in contrib.
1303 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1304 instructions in policy manual.
1305 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1308 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1310 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1312 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1313 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1314 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1315 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1317 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1318 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1321 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1323 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1325 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1326 * More detail about changelog format names.
1328 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1329 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1333 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1335 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1337 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1339 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1341 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1343 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1345 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1347 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1348 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1349 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1351 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1353 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1355 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1357 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1359 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1363 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100