1 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
3 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
5 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
7 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
9 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
10 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
11 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
12 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
13 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
14 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
15 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
16 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
18 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
19 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
21 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
23 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
25 * non-maintainer release
26 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
27 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
29 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
30 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
32 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
34 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
36 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
40 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
42 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
44 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
46 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
47 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
48 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
50 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
51 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
53 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
54 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
55 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
56 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
58 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
59 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
60 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
61 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
62 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
63 and restart options and to comply with the console message
64 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
66 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
67 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
68 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
71 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
72 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
73 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
75 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
76 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
77 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
79 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
80 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
82 * New version numbering scheme:
84 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
85 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
86 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
89 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
90 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
91 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
92 differ between the manuals.
94 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
95 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
96 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
97 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
101 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
102 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
104 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
106 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
108 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
110 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
112 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
113 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
114 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
116 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
117 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
120 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
121 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
122 file extension as the referenced file
124 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
125 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
127 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
128 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
129 start, stop, restart, force-reload
130 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
133 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
134 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
135 be installed into /etc/cron.d
137 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
138 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
139 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
140 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
143 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
144 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
147 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
148 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
149 reasonable default configuration
151 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
152 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
153 by all news servers and clients
155 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
156 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
157 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
158 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
159 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
161 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
162 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
165 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
167 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
168 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
170 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
173 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
174 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
176 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
177 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
179 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
181 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
183 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
185 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
186 - X library package is now called xlib6g
187 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
188 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
190 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
192 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
193 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
194 * Don't use debstd anymore
196 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
198 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
200 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
201 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
202 contrib/non-free policy
203 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
204 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
205 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
206 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
207 - new section about `Daemons'
208 - updated section about `Configuration files'
209 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
210 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
211 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
212 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
213 * Paper about libc6 migration:
214 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
215 * SGML source code included in package
216 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
218 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
220 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
222 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
223 - completely reworked structure
224 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
225 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
226 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
227 - removed all those ugly footnotes
228 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
229 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
230 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
231 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
232 - mention "orphaned packages"
233 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
234 distributions' policy
235 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
236 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
237 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
238 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
239 - added section about arch spec strings
240 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
241 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
242 - added section about "menus"
243 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
244 the new documentation policy soon
245 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
246 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
248 - added section about editors and pagers
249 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
250 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
251 - added section about device files
252 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
253 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
254 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
256 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
257 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
258 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
259 - Added new section about obsolete names
260 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
261 * Fixed package's description
263 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
265 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
267 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
269 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
271 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
273 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
274 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
275 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
276 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
278 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
280 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
282 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
283 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
284 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
286 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
287 and upload it "byhand" too.
289 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
291 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
294 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
295 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
296 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
297 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
298 functionality must not have the same name.
299 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
300 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
301 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
302 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
303 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
304 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
305 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
307 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
308 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
309 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
310 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
311 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
312 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
313 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
314 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
317 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
319 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
321 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
323 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
324 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
325 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
326 a package into. (Guy Maor)
327 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
330 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
332 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
334 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
336 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
337 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
338 description of deb file format.
339 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
340 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
342 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
344 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
345 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
347 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
349 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
351 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
352 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
353 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
354 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
355 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
356 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
357 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
358 packages in section on Procedure
359 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
361 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
362 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
363 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
365 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
366 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
367 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
368 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
369 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
370 on various shlib files
371 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
372 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
373 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
375 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
377 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
379 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
380 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
381 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
383 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
384 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
385 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
386 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
387 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
389 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
391 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
393 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
395 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
397 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
398 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
399 compatibility go in contrib.
401 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
402 instructions in policy manual.
403 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
406 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
408 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
410 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
411 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
412 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
413 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
415 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
416 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
419 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
421 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
423 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
424 * More detail about changelog format names.
426 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
427 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
431 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
433 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
435 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
437 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
439 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
441 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
443 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
445 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
446 * More verbosity about netiquette.
447 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
449 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
451 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
453 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
455 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
457 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
461 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
464 mode: debian-changelog
465 add-log-mailing-address: "phil@hands.com"