1 debian-policy (3.5.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
6 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
7 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
8 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422.
9 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
11 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
12 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
13 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
14 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
15 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the url as it
16 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
17 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
19 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
20 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
21 footnotre (quoting from the jargon file) to explain what "by hand"
22 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
26 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
29 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
30 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
31 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
32 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
33 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
34 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
36 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
37 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
38 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
39 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
41 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
42 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
43 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
44 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
45 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
46 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
47 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
48 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
49 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
51 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
52 script should start it, closes: #60979
53 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
54 "should", closes: #170019
55 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
56 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
57 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
58 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
59 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
60 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
61 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
62 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
65 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
67 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
70 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
71 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
72 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
73 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
74 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
75 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
76 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
77 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
78 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
80 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
81 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
82 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
83 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
84 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
85 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
86 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
87 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
88 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
90 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
91 file, closes: Bug#65764
93 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
95 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
97 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
98 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
99 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
100 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
101 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
102 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
103 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
104 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
105 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
106 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
107 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
108 details. closes: Bug#133030
109 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
110 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
113 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
115 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
117 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
118 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
119 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
120 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
121 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
122 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
123 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
124 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
125 not. closes: Bug#139820
126 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
127 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
128 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
129 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
130 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
131 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
132 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
133 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
134 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
135 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
137 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
139 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
140 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
141 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
142 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
143 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
144 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
145 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
146 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
147 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
148 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
149 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
150 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
151 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
152 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
153 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
154 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
155 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
156 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
157 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
158 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
160 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
161 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
162 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
163 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
164 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
165 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
166 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
168 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
169 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
170 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
171 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
172 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
173 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
174 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
175 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
176 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
178 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
180 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
182 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
183 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
184 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
185 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
186 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
187 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
188 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
189 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
190 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
191 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
192 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
193 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
194 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
195 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
196 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
197 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
198 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
199 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
200 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
201 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
202 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
203 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
204 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
206 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
208 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
210 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
211 medium, high, emergency.
212 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
213 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
214 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
215 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
216 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
219 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
220 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
221 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
223 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
224 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
225 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
226 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
227 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
228 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
229 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
232 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
234 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
236 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
237 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
238 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
239 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
241 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
242 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
243 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
244 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
245 debian/rules to do this
246 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
247 patches are incorporated upstream
248 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
249 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
250 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
251 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
252 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
253 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
255 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
256 system closes: Bug#91249
257 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
258 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
259 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
260 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
261 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
262 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
263 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
264 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
265 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
266 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
267 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
268 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
269 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
271 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
273 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
275 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
276 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
277 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
278 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
280 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
281 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
282 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
284 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
287 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
289 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
291 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
292 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
293 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
294 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
295 package for the time being
296 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
297 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
298 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
299 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
300 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
301 * Rename all .text files as .txt
302 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
303 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
304 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
305 Build-Depends arch syntax
306 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
308 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
309 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
311 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
312 from policy maintenance duties.
313 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
314 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
316 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
318 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
320 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
322 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
324 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
326 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
327 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
328 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
329 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
330 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
331 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
332 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
333 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
334 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
335 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
336 minor version number for this
337 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
338 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
339 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
340 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
341 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
342 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
343 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
344 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
345 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
347 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
349 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
351 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
352 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
353 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
354 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
355 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
357 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
359 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
360 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
361 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
362 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
363 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
364 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
365 xutils closes: Bug#82966
366 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
367 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
368 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
369 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
370 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
371 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
372 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
373 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
374 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
377 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
379 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
381 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
382 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
384 * Document the Enhances relationship
385 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
386 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
387 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
388 policy. closes: Bug#53496
389 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
390 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
392 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
394 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
395 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
396 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
397 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
399 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
400 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
401 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
402 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
403 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
405 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
407 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
409 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
410 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
411 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
413 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
414 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
415 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
416 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
417 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
418 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
419 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
420 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
421 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
423 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
425 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
427 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
429 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
430 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
431 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
432 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
433 policy. closes: Bug#64437
434 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
435 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
436 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
437 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
438 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
439 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
440 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
441 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
442 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
443 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
444 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
445 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
446 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
447 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
448 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
449 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
450 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
452 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
453 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
455 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
457 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
459 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
460 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
461 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
462 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
463 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
464 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
465 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
466 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
467 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
468 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
469 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
470 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
471 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
472 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
473 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
474 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
475 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
476 alternative closes: Bug#53755
477 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
478 list closes: Bug#53756
479 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
480 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
481 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
482 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
483 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
484 policy closes: Bug#53760
485 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
486 policy closes: Bug#53761
487 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
488 that use X closes: Bug#53762
489 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
490 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
491 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
492 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
493 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
494 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
495 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
496 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
497 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
499 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
500 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
501 to install with older fileutils.
502 * Installed FHS version 2.1
503 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
504 * Added FHS details to copyright file
505 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
507 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
508 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
510 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
512 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
514 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
515 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
517 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
519 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
521 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
522 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
524 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
527 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
529 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
530 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
532 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
534 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
536 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
538 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
539 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
541 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
543 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
545 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
546 #45561, #42447, #48570)
547 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
548 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
549 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
550 directoried (closes: #41547)
551 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
552 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
553 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
554 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
555 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
556 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
557 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
558 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
559 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
560 package criteria (closes: #45318)
561 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
563 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
564 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
565 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
566 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
567 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
568 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
569 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
571 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
572 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
573 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
574 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
576 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
578 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
580 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
581 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
583 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
585 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
587 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
588 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
590 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
592 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
594 * A few typos and omissions corrected
595 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
597 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
598 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
599 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
600 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
601 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
602 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
603 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
604 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
605 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
606 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
607 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
608 this closes: Bug#38612
609 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
610 before. closes: Bug#40864
612 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
614 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
616 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
618 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
620 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
621 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
622 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
624 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
625 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
626 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
627 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
628 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
629 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
631 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
632 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
633 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
635 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
637 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
638 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
639 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
640 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
641 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
643 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
645 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
647 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
648 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
649 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
650 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
651 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
652 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
653 there). closes: Bug#34233
654 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
655 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
656 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
657 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
658 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
660 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
662 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
664 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
665 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
666 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
667 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
670 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
671 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
672 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
673 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
674 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
677 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
678 number. closes: BUG#25911
680 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
681 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
682 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
683 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
684 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
685 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
687 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
688 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
689 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
692 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
693 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
694 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
696 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
697 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
698 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
699 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
701 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
702 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
703 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
705 * Make the package optional, not extra.
707 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
708 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
709 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
710 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
711 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
712 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
713 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
714 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
717 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
719 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
720 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
723 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
725 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
727 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
729 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
731 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
733 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
734 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
735 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
736 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
737 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
738 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
739 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
740 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
742 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
743 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
745 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
747 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
749 * non-maintainer release
750 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
751 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
753 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
754 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
756 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
758 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
760 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
764 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
766 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
768 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
770 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
771 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
772 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
774 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
775 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
777 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
778 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
779 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
780 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
782 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
783 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
784 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
785 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
786 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
787 and restart options and to comply with the console message
788 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
790 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
791 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
792 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
795 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
796 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
797 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
799 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
800 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
801 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
803 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
804 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
806 * New version numbering scheme:
808 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
809 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
810 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
813 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
814 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
815 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
816 differ between the manuals.
818 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
819 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
820 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
821 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
825 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
826 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
828 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
830 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
832 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
834 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
836 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
837 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
838 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
840 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
841 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
844 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
845 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
846 file extension as the referenced file
848 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
849 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
851 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
852 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
853 start, stop, restart, force-reload
854 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
857 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
858 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
859 be installed into /etc/cron.d
861 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
862 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
863 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
864 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
867 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
868 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
871 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
872 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
873 reasonable default configuration
875 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
876 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
877 by all news servers and clients
879 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
880 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
881 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
882 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
883 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
885 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
886 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
889 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
891 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
892 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
894 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
897 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
898 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
900 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
901 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
903 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
905 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
907 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
909 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
910 - X library package is now called xlib6g
911 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
912 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
914 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
916 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
917 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
918 * Don't use debstd anymore
920 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
922 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
924 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
925 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
926 contrib/non-free policy
927 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
928 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
929 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
930 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
931 - new section about `Daemons'
932 - updated section about `Configuration files'
933 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
934 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
935 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
936 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
937 * Paper about libc6 migration:
938 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
939 * SGML source code included in package
940 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
942 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
944 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
946 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
947 - completely reworked structure
948 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
949 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
950 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
951 - removed all those ugly footnotes
952 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
953 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
954 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
955 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
956 - mention "orphaned packages"
957 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
958 distributions' policy
959 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
960 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
961 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
962 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
963 - added section about arch spec strings
964 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
965 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
966 - added section about "menus"
967 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
968 the new documentation policy soon
969 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
970 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
972 - added section about editors and pagers
973 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
974 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
975 - added section about device files
976 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
977 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
978 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
980 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
981 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
982 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
983 - Added new section about obsolete names
984 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
985 * Fixed package's description
987 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
989 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
991 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
993 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
995 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
997 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
998 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
999 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1000 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1002 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1004 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1006 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1007 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1008 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1010 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1011 and upload it "byhand" too.
1013 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1015 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1018 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1019 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1020 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1021 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1022 functionality must not have the same name.
1023 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1024 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1025 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1026 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1027 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1028 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1029 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1031 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1032 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1033 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1034 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1035 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1036 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1037 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1038 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1041 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1043 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1045 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1047 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1048 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1049 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1050 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1051 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1054 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1056 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1058 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1060 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1061 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1062 description of deb file format.
1063 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1064 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1066 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1068 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1069 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1071 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1073 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1075 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1076 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1077 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1078 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1079 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1080 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1081 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1082 packages in section on Procedure
1083 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1084 a package maintainer
1085 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1086 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1087 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1089 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1090 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1091 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1092 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1093 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1094 on various shlib files
1095 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1096 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1097 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1099 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1101 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1103 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1104 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1105 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1107 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1108 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1109 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1110 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1111 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1113 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1115 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1117 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1119 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1121 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1122 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1123 compatibility go in contrib.
1125 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1126 instructions in policy manual.
1127 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1130 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1132 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1134 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1135 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1136 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1137 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1139 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1140 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1143 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1145 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1147 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1148 * More detail about changelog format names.
1150 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1151 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1155 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1157 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1159 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1161 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1163 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1165 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1167 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1169 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1170 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1171 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1173 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1175 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1177 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1179 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1181 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1185 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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