1 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
4 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
5 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
6 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
7 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
8 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
9 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
10 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
11 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
12 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
13 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
14 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
15 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
16 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
17 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
18 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
20 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
22 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
23 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
24 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
26 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
27 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
28 list?" (Closes: #412634).
29 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
30 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
31 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
32 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
33 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
37 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
39 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
40 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
41 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
42 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
43 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
45 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
47 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
48 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
49 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
50 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
51 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
53 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
54 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
55 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
56 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
57 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
58 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
59 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
60 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
61 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
62 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
63 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
64 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
65 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
66 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
67 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
68 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
70 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
72 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
73 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
74 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
75 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
76 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
77 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
78 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
79 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
81 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
83 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
85 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
86 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
87 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
88 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
89 Polo (Closes: #372497).
90 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
91 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
93 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
94 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
95 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
96 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
97 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
98 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
99 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
100 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
101 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
102 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
104 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
105 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
106 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
107 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
108 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
109 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
111 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
113 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
115 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
116 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
117 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
118 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
120 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
121 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
123 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
125 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
127 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
128 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
129 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
130 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
131 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
132 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
133 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
134 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
135 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
136 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
138 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
139 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
140 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
141 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
142 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
143 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
144 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
145 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
146 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
147 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
148 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
151 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
153 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
155 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
156 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
157 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
158 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
159 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
160 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
161 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
162 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
163 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
164 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
165 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
166 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
167 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
168 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
169 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
170 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
171 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
172 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
173 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
174 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
175 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
176 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
177 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
178 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
179 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
180 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
181 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
182 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
184 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
185 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
186 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
187 Hess (Closes: #362247).
188 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
189 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
190 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
191 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
192 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
193 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
194 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
195 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
196 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
197 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
198 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
199 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
201 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
202 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
204 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
205 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
206 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
207 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
208 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
209 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
210 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
211 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
212 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
213 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
214 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
216 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
218 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
221 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
222 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
223 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
224 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
225 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
226 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
227 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
228 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
229 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
230 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
231 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
232 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
233 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
235 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
236 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
237 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
238 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
239 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
240 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
241 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
242 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
243 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
244 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
245 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
246 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
247 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
248 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
249 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
250 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
251 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
252 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
253 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
256 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
258 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
260 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
261 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
262 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
263 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
265 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
266 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
267 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
268 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
270 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
272 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
275 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
276 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
277 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
278 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
279 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
280 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
281 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
282 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
283 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
284 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
286 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
287 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
288 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
290 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
291 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
292 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
293 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
294 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
295 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
296 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
298 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
299 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
300 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
301 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
303 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
304 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
305 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
306 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
307 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
308 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
309 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
310 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
312 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
313 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
314 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
315 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
316 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
317 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
318 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
319 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
320 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
321 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
322 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
323 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
324 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
325 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
326 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
327 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
328 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
330 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
332 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
335 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
336 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
337 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
338 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
339 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
340 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
341 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
342 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
343 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
345 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
346 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
347 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
348 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
349 this section. closes: Bug#248618
350 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
351 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
352 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
353 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
354 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
355 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
356 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
357 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
358 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
359 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
360 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
361 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
363 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
364 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
365 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
368 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
369 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
370 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
372 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
373 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
374 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
375 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
376 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
377 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
379 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
380 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
382 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
383 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
384 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
385 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
386 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
387 Closes: #185943, #237049
389 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
391 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
394 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
397 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
398 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
399 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
400 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
401 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
402 running. closes: Bug#187250
403 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
404 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
405 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
406 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
407 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
408 user closes: Bug#176506
410 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
412 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
415 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
416 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
417 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
418 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
419 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
420 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
421 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
422 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
423 deb-building toolchain.
424 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
425 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
426 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
427 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
428 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
429 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
430 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
431 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
432 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
433 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
434 sections about changelog files.
436 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
437 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
438 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
439 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
440 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
441 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
443 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
444 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
445 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
446 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
447 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
448 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
449 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
450 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
451 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
452 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
453 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
454 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
455 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
456 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
457 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
458 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
459 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
460 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
461 for the restructuring
463 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
465 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
468 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
470 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
471 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
472 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
473 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
474 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
475 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
477 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
478 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
479 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
480 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
481 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
482 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
483 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
485 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
486 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
487 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
488 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
490 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
492 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
495 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
496 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
497 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
498 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
499 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
500 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
502 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
503 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
504 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
505 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
507 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
508 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
509 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
510 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
511 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
512 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
513 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
514 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
515 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
517 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
518 script should start it, closes: #60979
519 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
520 "should", closes: #170019
521 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
522 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
523 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
524 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
525 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
526 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
527 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
528 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
531 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
533 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
536 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
537 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
538 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
539 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
540 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
541 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
542 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
543 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
544 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
546 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
547 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
548 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
549 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
550 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
551 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
552 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
553 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
554 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
556 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
557 file, closes: Bug#65764
559 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
561 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
563 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
564 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
565 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
566 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
567 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
568 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
569 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
570 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
571 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
572 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
573 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
574 details. closes: Bug#133030
575 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
576 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
579 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
581 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
583 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
584 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
585 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
586 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
587 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
588 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
589 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
590 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
591 not. closes: Bug#139820
592 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
593 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
594 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
595 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
596 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
597 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
598 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
599 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
600 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
601 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
603 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
605 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
606 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
607 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
608 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
609 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
610 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
611 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
612 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
613 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
614 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
615 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
616 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
617 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
618 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
619 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
620 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
621 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
622 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
623 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
624 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
626 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
627 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
628 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
629 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
630 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
631 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
632 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
634 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
635 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
636 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
637 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
638 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
639 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
640 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
641 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
642 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
644 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
646 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
648 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
649 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
650 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
651 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
652 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
653 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
654 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
655 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
656 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
657 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
658 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
659 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
660 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
661 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
662 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
663 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
664 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
665 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
666 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
667 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
668 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
669 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
670 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
672 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
674 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
676 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
677 medium, high, emergency.
678 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
679 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
680 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
681 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
682 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
685 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
686 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
687 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
689 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
690 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
691 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
692 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
693 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
694 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
695 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
698 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
700 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
702 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
703 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
704 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
705 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
707 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
708 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
709 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
710 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
711 debian/rules to do this
712 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
713 patches are incorporated upstream
714 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
715 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
716 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
717 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
718 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
719 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
721 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
722 system closes: Bug#91249
723 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
724 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
725 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
726 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
727 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
728 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
729 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
730 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
731 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
732 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
733 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
734 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
735 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
737 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
739 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
741 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
742 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
743 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
744 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
746 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
747 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
748 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
750 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
753 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
755 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
757 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
758 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
759 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
760 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
761 package for the time being
762 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
763 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
764 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
765 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
766 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
767 * Rename all .text files as .txt
768 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
769 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
770 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
771 Build-Depends arch syntax
772 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
774 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
775 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
777 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
778 from policy maintenance duties.
779 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
780 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
782 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
784 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
786 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
788 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
790 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
792 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
793 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
794 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
795 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
796 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
797 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
798 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
799 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
800 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
801 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
802 minor version number for this
803 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
804 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
805 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
806 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
807 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
808 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
809 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
810 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
811 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
813 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
815 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
817 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
818 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
819 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
820 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
821 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
823 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
825 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
826 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
827 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
828 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
829 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
830 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
831 xutils closes: Bug#82966
832 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
833 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
834 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
835 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
836 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
837 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
838 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
839 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
840 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
843 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
845 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
847 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
848 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
850 * Document the Enhances relationship
851 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
852 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
853 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
854 policy. closes: Bug#53496
855 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
856 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
858 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
860 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
861 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
862 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
863 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
865 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
866 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
867 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
868 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
869 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
871 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
873 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
875 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
876 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
877 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
879 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
880 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
881 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
882 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
883 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
884 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
885 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
886 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
887 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
889 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
891 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
893 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
895 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
896 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
897 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
898 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
899 policy. closes: Bug#64437
900 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
901 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
902 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
903 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
904 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
905 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
906 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
907 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
908 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
909 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
910 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
911 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
912 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
913 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
914 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
915 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
916 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
918 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
919 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
921 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
923 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
925 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
926 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
927 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
928 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
929 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
930 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
931 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
932 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
933 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
934 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
935 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
936 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
937 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
938 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
939 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
940 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
941 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
942 alternative closes: Bug#53755
943 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
944 list closes: Bug#53756
945 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
946 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
947 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
948 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
949 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
950 policy closes: Bug#53760
951 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
952 policy closes: Bug#53761
953 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
954 that use X closes: Bug#53762
955 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
956 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
957 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
958 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
959 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
960 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
961 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
962 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
963 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
965 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
966 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
967 to install with older fileutils.
968 * Installed FHS version 2.1
969 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
970 * Added FHS details to copyright file
971 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
973 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
974 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
976 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
978 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
980 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
981 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
983 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
985 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
987 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
988 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
990 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
993 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
995 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
996 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
998 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1000 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1002 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1004 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1005 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1007 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1009 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1011 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1012 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1013 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1014 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1015 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1016 directoried (closes: #41547)
1017 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1018 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1019 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1020 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1021 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1022 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1023 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1024 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1025 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1026 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1027 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1029 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1030 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1031 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1032 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1033 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1034 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1035 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1037 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1038 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1039 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1040 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1042 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1044 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1046 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1047 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1049 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1051 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1053 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1054 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1056 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1058 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1060 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1061 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1063 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1064 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1065 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1066 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1067 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1068 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1069 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1070 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1071 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1072 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1073 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1074 this closes: Bug#38612
1075 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1076 before. closes: Bug#40864
1078 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1080 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1082 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1083 officially uploaded.
1084 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1086 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1087 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1088 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1090 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1091 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1092 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1093 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1094 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1095 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1097 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1098 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1099 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1101 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1103 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1104 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1105 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1106 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1107 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1109 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1111 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1113 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1114 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1115 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1116 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1117 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1118 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1119 there). closes: Bug#34233
1120 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1121 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1122 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1123 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1124 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1126 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1128 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1130 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1131 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1132 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1133 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1136 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1137 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1138 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1139 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1140 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1143 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1144 number. closes: BUG#25911
1146 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1147 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1148 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1149 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1150 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1151 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1153 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1154 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1155 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1158 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1159 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1160 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1162 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1163 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1164 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1165 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1167 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1168 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1169 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1171 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1173 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1174 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1175 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1176 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1177 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1178 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1179 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1180 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1183 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1185 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1186 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1189 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1191 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1193 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1195 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1197 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1199 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1200 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1201 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1202 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1203 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1204 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1205 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1206 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1208 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1209 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1211 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1213 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1215 * non-maintainer release
1216 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1217 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1219 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1220 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1221 * no content changes
1222 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1224 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1226 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1230 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1232 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1234 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1236 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1237 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1238 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1240 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1241 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1243 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1244 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1245 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1246 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1248 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1249 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1250 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1251 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1252 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1253 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1254 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1256 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1257 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1258 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1261 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1262 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1263 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1265 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1266 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1267 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1269 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1270 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1272 * New version numbering scheme:
1274 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1275 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1276 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1279 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1280 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1281 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1282 differ between the manuals.
1284 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1285 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1286 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1287 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1289 * Packaging changes:
1291 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1292 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1294 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1296 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1298 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1300 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1302 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1303 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1304 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1306 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1307 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1310 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1311 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1312 file extension as the referenced file
1314 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1315 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1317 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1318 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1319 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1320 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1323 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1324 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1325 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1327 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1328 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1329 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1330 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1333 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1334 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1337 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1338 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1339 reasonable default configuration
1341 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1342 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1343 by all news servers and clients
1345 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1346 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1347 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1348 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1349 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1351 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1352 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1355 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1357 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1358 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1360 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1363 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1364 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1366 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1367 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1369 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1371 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1373 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1375 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1376 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1377 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1378 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1380 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1382 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1383 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1384 * Don't use debstd anymore
1386 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1388 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1390 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1391 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1392 contrib/non-free policy
1393 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1394 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1395 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1396 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1397 - new section about `Daemons'
1398 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1399 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1400 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1401 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1402 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1403 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1404 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1405 * SGML source code included in package
1406 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1408 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1410 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1412 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1413 - completely reworked structure
1414 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1415 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1416 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1417 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1418 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1419 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1420 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1421 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1422 - mention "orphaned packages"
1423 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1424 distributions' policy
1425 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1426 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1427 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1428 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1429 - added section about arch spec strings
1430 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1431 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1432 - added section about "menus"
1433 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1434 the new documentation policy soon
1435 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1436 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1438 - added section about editors and pagers
1439 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1440 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1441 - added section about device files
1442 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1443 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1444 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1446 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1447 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1448 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1449 - Added new section about obsolete names
1450 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1451 * Fixed package's description
1453 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1455 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1457 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1459 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1461 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1463 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1464 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1465 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1466 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1468 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1470 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1472 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1473 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1474 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1476 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1477 and upload it "byhand" too.
1479 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1481 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1484 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1485 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1486 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1487 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1488 functionality must not have the same name.
1489 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1490 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1491 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1492 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1493 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1494 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1495 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1497 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1498 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1499 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1500 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1501 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1502 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1503 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1504 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1507 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1509 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1511 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1513 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1514 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1515 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1516 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1517 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1520 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1522 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1524 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1526 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1527 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1528 description of deb file format.
1529 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1530 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1532 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1534 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1535 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1537 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1539 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1541 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1542 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1543 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1544 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1545 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1546 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1547 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1548 packages in section on Procedure
1549 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1550 a package maintainer
1551 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1552 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1553 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1555 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1556 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1557 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1558 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1559 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1560 on various shlib files
1561 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1562 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1563 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1565 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1567 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1569 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1570 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1571 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1573 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1574 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1575 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1576 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1577 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1579 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1581 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1583 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1585 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1587 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1588 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1589 compatibility go in contrib.
1591 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1592 instructions in policy manual.
1593 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1596 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1598 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1600 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1601 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1602 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1603 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1605 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1606 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1609 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1611 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1613 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1614 * More detail about changelog format names.
1616 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1617 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1621 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1623 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1625 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1627 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1629 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1631 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1633 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1635 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1636 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1637 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1639 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1641 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1643 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1645 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1647 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1651 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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