1 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
4 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
8 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
9 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
11 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
13 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
14 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
18 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
19 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
21 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
23 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
24 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
28 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
29 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
33 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
34 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
35 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
36 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
37 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
38 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
39 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
40 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
41 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
42 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
43 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
44 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
45 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
47 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:23:50 -0700
49 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
51 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
52 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
54 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
56 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
58 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
59 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
60 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
61 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
62 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
63 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
64 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
65 Millan (Closes: #209008).
66 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
67 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
69 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
71 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
73 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
74 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
75 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
76 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
77 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
78 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
79 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
81 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
82 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
83 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
84 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
86 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
87 Küster (Closes: #403391).
88 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
89 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
90 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
91 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
92 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
93 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
94 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
95 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
96 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
97 Closes: #186700, #458910
98 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
99 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
100 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
102 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
103 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
104 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
105 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
106 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
107 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
108 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
109 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
111 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
112 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
114 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
115 * Add an md5sums control file.
116 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
117 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
118 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
119 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
120 currently part of policy.
121 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
122 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
123 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
126 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
128 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
130 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
131 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
132 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
133 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
134 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
135 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
136 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
137 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
138 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
139 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
140 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
141 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
142 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
143 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
144 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
145 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
147 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
149 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
150 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
151 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
153 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
154 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
155 list?" (Closes: #412634).
156 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
157 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
158 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
159 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
160 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
161 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
162 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
163 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
164 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
165 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
166 debconf specification.
167 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
168 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
170 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
172 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
174 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
175 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
176 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
177 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
178 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
180 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
182 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
183 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
184 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
185 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
186 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
188 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
189 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
190 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
191 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
192 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
193 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
194 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
195 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
196 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
197 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
198 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
199 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
200 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
201 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
202 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
203 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
205 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
207 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
208 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
209 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
210 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
211 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
212 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
213 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
214 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
216 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
218 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
220 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
221 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
222 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
223 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
224 Polo (Closes: #372497).
225 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
226 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
228 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
229 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
230 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
231 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
232 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
233 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
234 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
235 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
236 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
237 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
239 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
240 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
241 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
242 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
243 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
244 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
246 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
248 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
250 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
251 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
252 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
253 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
255 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
256 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
258 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
260 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
262 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
263 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
264 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
265 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
266 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
267 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
268 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
269 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
270 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
271 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
273 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
274 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
275 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
276 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
277 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
278 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
279 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
280 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
281 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
282 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
283 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
286 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
288 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
290 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
291 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
292 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
293 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
294 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
295 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
296 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
297 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
298 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
299 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
300 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
301 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
302 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
303 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
304 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
305 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
306 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
307 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
308 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
309 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
310 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
311 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
312 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
313 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
314 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
315 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
316 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
317 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
319 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
320 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
321 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
322 Hess (Closes: #362247).
323 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
324 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
325 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
326 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
327 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
328 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
329 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
330 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
331 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
332 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
333 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
334 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
336 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
337 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
339 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
340 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
341 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
342 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
343 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
344 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
345 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
346 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
347 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
348 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
349 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
351 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
353 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
356 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
357 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
358 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
359 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
360 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
361 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
362 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
363 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
364 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
365 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
366 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
367 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
368 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
370 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
371 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
372 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
373 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
374 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
375 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
376 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
377 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
378 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
379 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
380 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
381 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
382 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
383 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
384 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
385 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
386 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
387 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
388 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
391 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
393 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
395 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
396 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
397 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
398 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
400 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
401 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
402 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
403 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
405 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
407 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
410 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
411 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
412 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
413 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
414 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
415 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
416 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
417 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
418 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
419 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
421 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
422 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
423 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
425 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
426 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
427 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
428 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
429 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
430 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
431 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
433 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
434 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
435 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
436 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
438 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
439 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
440 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
441 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
442 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
443 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
444 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
445 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
447 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
448 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
449 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
450 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
451 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
452 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
453 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
454 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
455 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
456 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
457 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
458 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
459 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
460 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
461 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
462 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
463 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
465 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
467 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
470 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
471 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
472 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
473 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
474 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
475 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
476 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
477 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
478 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
480 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
481 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
482 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
483 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
484 this section. closes: Bug#248618
485 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
486 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
487 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
488 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
489 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
490 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
491 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
492 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
493 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
494 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
495 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
496 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
498 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
499 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
500 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
503 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
504 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
505 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
507 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
508 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
509 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
510 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
511 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
512 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
514 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
515 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
517 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
518 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
519 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
520 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
521 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
522 Closes: #185943, #237049
524 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
526 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
529 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
532 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
533 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
534 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
535 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
536 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
537 running. closes: Bug#187250
538 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
539 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
540 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
541 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
542 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
543 user closes: Bug#176506
545 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
547 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
550 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
551 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
552 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
553 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
554 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
555 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
556 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
557 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
558 deb-building toolchain.
559 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
560 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
561 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
562 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
563 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
564 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
565 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
566 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
567 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
568 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
569 sections about changelog files.
571 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
572 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
573 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
574 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
575 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
576 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
578 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
579 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
580 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
581 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
582 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
583 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
584 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
585 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
586 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
587 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
588 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
589 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
590 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
591 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
592 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
593 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
594 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
595 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
596 for the restructuring
598 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
600 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
603 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
605 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
606 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
607 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
608 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
609 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
610 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
612 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
613 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
614 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
615 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
616 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
617 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
618 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
620 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
621 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
622 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
623 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
625 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
627 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
630 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
631 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
632 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
633 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
634 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
635 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
637 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
638 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
639 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
640 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
642 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
643 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
644 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
645 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
646 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
647 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
648 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
649 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
650 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
652 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
653 script should start it, closes: #60979
654 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
655 "should", closes: #170019
656 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
657 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
658 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
659 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
660 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
661 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
662 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
663 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
666 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
668 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
671 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
672 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
673 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
674 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
675 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
676 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
677 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
678 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
679 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
681 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
682 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
683 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
684 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
685 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
686 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
687 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
688 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
689 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
691 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
692 file, closes: Bug#65764
694 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
696 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
698 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
699 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
700 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
701 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
702 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
703 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
704 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
705 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
706 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
707 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
708 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
709 details. closes: Bug#133030
710 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
711 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
714 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
716 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
718 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
719 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
720 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
721 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
722 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
723 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
724 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
725 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
726 not. closes: Bug#139820
727 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
728 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
729 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
730 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
731 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
732 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
733 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
734 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
735 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
736 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
738 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
740 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
741 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
742 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
743 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
744 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
745 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
746 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
747 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
748 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
749 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
750 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
751 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
752 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
753 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
754 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
755 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
756 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
757 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
758 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
759 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
761 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
762 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
763 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
764 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
765 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
766 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
767 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
769 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
770 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
771 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
772 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
773 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
774 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
775 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
776 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
777 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
779 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
781 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
783 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
784 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
785 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
786 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
787 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
788 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
789 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
790 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
791 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
792 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
793 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
794 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
795 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
796 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
797 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
798 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
799 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
800 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
801 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
802 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
803 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
804 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
805 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
807 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
809 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
811 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
812 medium, high, emergency.
813 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
814 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
815 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
816 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
817 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
820 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
821 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
822 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
824 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
825 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
826 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
827 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
828 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
829 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
830 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
833 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
835 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
837 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
838 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
839 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
840 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
842 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
843 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
844 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
845 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
846 debian/rules to do this
847 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
848 patches are incorporated upstream
849 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
850 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
851 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
852 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
853 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
854 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
856 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
857 system closes: Bug#91249
858 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
859 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
860 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
861 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
862 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
863 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
864 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
865 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
866 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
867 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
868 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
869 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
870 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
872 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
874 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
876 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
877 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
878 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
879 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
881 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
882 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
883 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
885 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
888 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
890 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
892 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
893 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
894 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
895 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
896 package for the time being
897 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
898 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
899 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
900 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
901 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
902 * Rename all .text files as .txt
903 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
904 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
905 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
906 Build-Depends arch syntax
907 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
909 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
910 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
912 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
913 from policy maintenance duties.
914 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
915 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
917 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
919 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
921 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
923 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
925 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
927 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
928 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
929 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
930 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
931 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
932 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
933 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
934 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
935 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
936 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
937 minor version number for this
938 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
939 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
940 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
941 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
942 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
943 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
944 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
945 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
946 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
948 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
950 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
952 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
953 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
954 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
955 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
956 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
958 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
960 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
961 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
962 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
963 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
964 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
965 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
966 xutils closes: Bug#82966
967 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
968 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
969 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
970 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
971 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
972 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
973 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
974 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
975 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
978 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
980 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
982 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
983 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
985 * Document the Enhances relationship
986 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
987 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
988 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
989 policy. closes: Bug#53496
990 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
991 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
993 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
995 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
996 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
997 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
998 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1000 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1001 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1002 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1003 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1004 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1006 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1008 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1010 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1011 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1012 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1014 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1015 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1016 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1017 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1018 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1019 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1020 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1021 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1022 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1024 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1026 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1028 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1030 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1031 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1032 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1033 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1034 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1035 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1036 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1037 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1038 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1039 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1040 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1041 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1042 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1043 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1044 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1045 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1046 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1047 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1048 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1049 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1050 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1051 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1053 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1054 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1056 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1058 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1060 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1061 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1062 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1063 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1064 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1065 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1066 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1067 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1068 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1069 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1070 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1071 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1072 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1073 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1074 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1075 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1076 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1077 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1078 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1079 list closes: Bug#53756
1080 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1081 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1082 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1083 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1084 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1085 policy closes: Bug#53760
1086 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1087 policy closes: Bug#53761
1088 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1089 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1090 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1091 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1092 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1093 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1094 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1095 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1096 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1097 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1098 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1100 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1101 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1102 to install with older fileutils.
1103 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1104 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1105 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1106 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1108 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1109 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1111 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1113 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1115 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1116 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1118 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1120 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1122 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1123 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1125 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1128 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1130 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1131 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1133 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1135 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1137 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1139 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1140 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1142 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1144 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1146 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1147 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1148 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1149 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1150 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1151 directoried (closes: #41547)
1152 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1153 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1154 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1155 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1156 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1157 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1158 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1159 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1160 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1161 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1162 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1164 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1165 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1166 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1167 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1168 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1169 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1170 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1172 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1173 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1174 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1175 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1177 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1179 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1181 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1182 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1184 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1186 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1188 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1189 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1191 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1193 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1195 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1196 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1198 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1199 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1200 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1201 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1202 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1203 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1204 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1205 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1206 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1207 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1208 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1209 this closes: Bug#38612
1210 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1211 before. closes: Bug#40864
1213 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1215 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1217 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1218 officially uploaded.
1219 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1221 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1222 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1223 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1225 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1226 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1227 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1228 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1229 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1230 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1232 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1233 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1234 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1236 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1238 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1239 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1240 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1241 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1242 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1244 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1246 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1248 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1249 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1250 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1251 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1252 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1253 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1254 there). closes: Bug#34233
1255 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1256 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1257 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1258 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1259 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1261 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1263 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1265 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1266 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1267 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1268 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1271 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1272 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1273 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1274 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1275 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1278 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1279 number. closes: BUG#25911
1281 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1282 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1283 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1284 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1285 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1286 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1288 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1289 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1290 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1293 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1294 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1295 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1297 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1298 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1299 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1300 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1302 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1303 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1304 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1306 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1308 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1309 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1310 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1311 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1312 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1313 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1314 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1315 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1318 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1320 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1321 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1324 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1326 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1328 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1330 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1332 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1334 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1335 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1336 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1337 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1338 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1339 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1340 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1341 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1343 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1344 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1346 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1348 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1350 * non-maintainer release
1351 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1352 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1354 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1355 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1356 * no content changes
1357 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1359 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1361 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1365 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1367 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1369 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1371 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1372 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1373 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1375 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1376 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1378 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1379 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1380 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1381 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1383 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1384 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1385 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1386 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1387 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1388 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1389 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1391 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1392 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1393 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1396 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1397 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1398 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1400 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1401 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1402 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1404 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1405 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1407 * New version numbering scheme:
1409 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1410 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1411 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1414 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1415 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1416 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1417 differ between the manuals.
1419 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1420 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1421 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1422 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1424 * Packaging changes:
1426 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1427 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1429 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1431 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1433 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1435 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1437 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1438 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1439 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1441 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1442 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1445 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1446 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1447 file extension as the referenced file
1449 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1450 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1452 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1453 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1454 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1455 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1458 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1459 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1460 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1462 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1463 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1464 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1465 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1468 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1469 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1472 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1473 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1474 reasonable default configuration
1476 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1477 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1478 by all news servers and clients
1480 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1481 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1482 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1483 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1484 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1486 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1487 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1490 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1492 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1493 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1495 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1498 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1499 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1501 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1502 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1504 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1506 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1508 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1510 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1511 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1512 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1513 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1515 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1517 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1518 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1519 * Don't use debstd anymore
1521 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1523 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1525 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1526 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1527 contrib/non-free policy
1528 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1529 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1530 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1531 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1532 - new section about `Daemons'
1533 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1534 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1535 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1536 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1537 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1538 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1539 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1540 * SGML source code included in package
1541 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1543 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1545 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1547 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1548 - completely reworked structure
1549 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1550 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1551 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1552 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1553 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1554 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1555 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1556 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1557 - mention "orphaned packages"
1558 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1559 distributions' policy
1560 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1561 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1562 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1563 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1564 - added section about arch spec strings
1565 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1566 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1567 - added section about "menus"
1568 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1569 the new documentation policy soon
1570 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1571 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1573 - added section about editors and pagers
1574 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1575 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1576 - added section about device files
1577 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1578 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1579 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1581 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1582 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1583 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1584 - Added new section about obsolete names
1585 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1586 * Fixed package's description
1588 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1590 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1592 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1594 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1596 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1598 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1599 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1600 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1601 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1603 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1605 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1607 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1608 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1609 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1611 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1612 and upload it "byhand" too.
1614 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1616 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1619 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1620 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1621 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1622 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1623 functionality must not have the same name.
1624 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1625 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1626 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1627 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1628 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1629 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1630 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1632 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1633 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1634 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1635 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1636 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1637 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1638 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1639 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1642 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1644 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1646 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1648 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1649 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1650 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1651 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1652 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1655 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1657 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1659 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1661 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1662 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1663 description of deb file format.
1664 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1665 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1667 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1669 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1670 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1672 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1674 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1676 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1677 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1678 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1679 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1680 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1681 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1682 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1683 packages in section on Procedure
1684 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1685 a package maintainer
1686 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1687 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1688 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1690 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1691 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1692 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1693 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1694 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1695 on various shlib files
1696 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1697 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1698 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1700 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1702 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1704 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1705 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1706 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1708 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1709 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1710 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1711 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1712 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1714 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1716 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1718 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1720 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1722 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1723 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1724 compatibility go in contrib.
1726 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1727 instructions in policy manual.
1728 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1731 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1733 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1735 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1736 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1737 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1738 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1740 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1741 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1744 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1746 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1748 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1749 * More detail about changelog format names.
1751 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1752 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1756 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1758 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1760 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1762 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1764 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1766 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1768 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1770 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1771 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1772 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1774 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1776 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1778 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1780 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1782 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1786 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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