1 debian-policy (3.8.5.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
7 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
10 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
11 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
12 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
13 and distribution license' (three times).
14 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
15 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
18 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
20 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
22 Proposed by Santiago Vila
23 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
24 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
30 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
31 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
32 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
33 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
35 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
37 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
38 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
39 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
42 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
43 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
44 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
45 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
46 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
48 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
49 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
50 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
51 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
54 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
55 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
56 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
57 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
58 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
59 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
60 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
61 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
62 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
63 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
64 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
65 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
66 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
67 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
68 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
69 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
70 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
72 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Mon, 31 May 2010 20:00:28 +0200
74 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
77 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
78 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
80 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
81 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
85 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
88 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
89 Wording: Steve Langasek.
90 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
91 Seconded: Julien Cristau
95 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
96 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
97 Seconded: Russ Allbery
98 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
101 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
102 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
103 Seconded: Russ Allbery
105 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
106 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
107 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
108 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
109 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
110 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
111 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
112 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
113 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
115 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
116 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
117 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
118 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
119 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
120 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
121 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
122 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
123 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
124 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
125 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
126 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
127 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
128 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
129 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
130 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
132 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
133 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
134 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
135 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
136 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
138 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
141 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
142 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
143 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
145 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
146 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
149 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
151 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
153 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
154 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
155 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
156 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
158 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
159 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
160 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
161 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
163 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
164 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
165 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
166 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
168 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
169 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
170 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
171 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
172 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
173 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
175 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
176 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
177 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
178 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
179 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
181 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
182 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
183 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
184 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
186 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
187 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
188 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
189 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
191 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
192 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
193 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
194 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
196 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
197 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
198 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
199 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
201 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
202 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
203 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
204 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
206 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
207 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
208 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
209 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
210 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
211 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
212 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
213 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
214 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
215 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
216 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
217 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
218 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
219 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
220 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
222 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
223 Source field descriptions.
224 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
225 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
226 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
227 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
228 description says otherwise.
230 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
232 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
235 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
236 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
237 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
238 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
239 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
240 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
242 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
243 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
244 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
245 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
247 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
248 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
249 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
250 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
252 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
253 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
254 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
255 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
257 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
258 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
259 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
260 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
264 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
265 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
266 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
267 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
268 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
270 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
271 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
272 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
273 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
275 * Add myself to Uploaders.
278 * Add myself to Uploaders.
279 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
281 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
282 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
283 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
285 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
287 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
289 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
290 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
291 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
292 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
294 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
295 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
296 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
297 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
299 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
300 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
301 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
302 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
304 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
305 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
306 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
307 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
309 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
310 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
311 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
312 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
314 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
315 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
316 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
317 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
319 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
320 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
321 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
322 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
324 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
325 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
326 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
327 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
329 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
330 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
331 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
332 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
334 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
335 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
336 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
337 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
339 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
340 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
341 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
342 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
343 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
345 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
346 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
347 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
348 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
349 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
350 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
351 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
352 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
353 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
354 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
355 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
356 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
357 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
358 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
359 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
360 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
361 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
362 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
363 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
364 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
365 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
366 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
367 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
368 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
369 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
370 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
371 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
372 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
373 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
374 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
376 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
377 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
378 links was completed long ago.
379 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
381 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
383 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
385 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
386 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
388 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
390 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
392 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
393 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
394 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
395 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
396 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
397 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
398 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
399 Millan (Closes: #209008).
400 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
401 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
403 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
405 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
407 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
408 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
409 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
410 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
411 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
412 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
413 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
415 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
416 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
417 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
418 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
420 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
421 Küster (Closes: #403391).
422 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
423 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
424 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
425 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
426 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
427 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
428 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
429 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
430 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
431 Closes: #186700, #458910
432 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
433 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
434 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
436 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
437 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
438 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
439 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
440 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
441 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
442 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
443 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
445 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
446 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
448 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
449 * Add an md5sums control file.
450 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
451 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
452 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
453 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
454 currently part of policy.
455 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
456 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
457 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
460 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
462 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
464 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
465 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
466 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
467 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
468 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
469 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
470 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
471 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
472 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
473 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
474 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
475 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
476 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
477 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
478 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
479 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
481 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
483 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
484 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
485 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
487 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
488 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
489 list?" (Closes: #412634).
490 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
491 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
492 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
493 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
494 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
495 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
496 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
497 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
498 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
499 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
500 debconf specification.
501 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
502 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
504 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
506 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
508 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
509 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
510 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
511 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
512 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
514 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
516 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
517 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
518 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
519 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
520 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
522 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
523 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
524 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
525 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
526 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
527 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
528 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
529 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
530 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
531 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
532 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
533 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
534 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
535 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
536 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
537 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
539 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
541 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
542 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
543 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
544 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
545 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
546 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
547 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
548 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
550 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
552 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
554 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
555 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
556 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
557 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
558 Polo (Closes: #372497).
559 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
560 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
562 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
563 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
564 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
565 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
566 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
567 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
568 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
569 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
570 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
571 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
573 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
574 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
575 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
576 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
577 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
578 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
580 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
582 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
584 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
585 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
586 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
587 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
589 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
590 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
592 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
594 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
596 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
597 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
598 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
599 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
600 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
601 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
602 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
603 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
604 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
605 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
607 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
608 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
609 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
610 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
611 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
612 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
613 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
614 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
615 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
616 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
617 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
620 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
622 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
624 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
625 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
626 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
627 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
628 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
629 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
630 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
631 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
632 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
633 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
634 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
635 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
636 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
637 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
638 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
639 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
640 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
641 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
642 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
643 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
644 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
645 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
646 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
647 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
648 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
649 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
650 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
651 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
653 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
654 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
655 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
656 Hess (Closes: #362247).
657 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
658 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
659 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
660 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
661 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
662 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
663 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
664 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
665 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
666 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
667 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
668 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
670 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
671 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
673 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
674 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
675 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
676 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
677 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
678 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
679 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
680 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
681 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
682 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
683 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
685 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
687 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
690 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
691 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
692 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
693 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
694 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
695 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
696 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
697 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
698 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
699 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
700 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
701 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
702 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
704 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
705 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
706 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
707 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
708 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
709 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
710 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
711 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
712 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
713 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
714 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
715 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
716 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
717 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
718 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
719 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
720 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
721 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
722 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
725 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
727 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
729 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
730 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
731 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
732 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
734 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
735 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
736 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
737 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
739 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
741 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
744 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
745 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
746 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
747 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
748 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
749 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
750 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
751 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
752 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
753 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
755 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
756 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
757 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
759 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
760 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
761 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
762 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
763 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
764 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
765 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
767 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
768 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
769 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
770 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
772 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
773 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
774 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
775 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
776 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
777 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
778 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
779 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
781 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
782 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
783 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
784 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
785 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
786 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
787 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
788 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
789 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
790 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
791 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
792 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
793 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
794 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
795 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
796 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
797 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
799 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
801 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
804 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
805 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
806 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
807 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
808 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
809 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
810 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
811 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
812 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
814 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
815 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
816 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
817 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
818 this section. closes: Bug#248618
819 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
820 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
821 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
822 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
823 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
824 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
825 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
826 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
827 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
828 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
829 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
830 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
832 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
833 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
834 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
837 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
838 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
839 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
841 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
842 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
843 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
844 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
845 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
846 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
848 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
849 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
851 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
852 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
853 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
854 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
855 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
856 Closes: #185943, #237049
858 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
860 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
863 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
866 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
867 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
868 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
869 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
870 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
871 running. closes: Bug#187250
872 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
873 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
874 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
875 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
876 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
877 user closes: Bug#176506
879 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
881 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
884 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
885 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
886 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
887 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
888 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
889 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
890 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
891 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
892 deb-building toolchain.
893 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
894 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
895 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
896 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
897 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
898 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
899 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
900 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
901 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
902 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
903 sections about changelog files.
905 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
906 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
907 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
908 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
909 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
910 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
912 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
913 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
914 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
915 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
916 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
917 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
918 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
919 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
920 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
921 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
922 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
923 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
924 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
925 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
926 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
927 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
928 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
929 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
930 for the restructuring
932 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
934 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
937 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
939 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
940 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
941 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
942 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
943 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
944 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
946 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
947 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
948 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
949 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
950 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
951 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
952 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
954 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
955 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
956 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
957 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
959 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
961 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
964 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
965 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
966 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
967 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
968 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
969 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
971 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
972 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
973 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
974 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
976 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
977 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
978 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
979 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
980 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
981 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
982 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
983 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
984 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
986 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
987 script should start it, closes: #60979
988 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
989 "should", closes: #170019
990 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
991 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
992 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
993 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
994 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
995 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
996 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
997 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1000 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1002 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1005 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1006 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1007 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1008 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1009 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1010 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1011 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1012 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1013 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1015 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1016 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1017 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1018 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1019 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1020 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1021 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1022 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1023 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1025 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1026 file, closes: Bug#65764
1028 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1030 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1032 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1033 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1034 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1035 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1036 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1037 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1038 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1039 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1040 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1041 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1042 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1043 details. closes: Bug#133030
1044 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1045 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1046 parts of Bug#161455.
1048 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1050 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1052 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1053 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1054 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1055 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1056 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1057 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1058 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1059 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1060 not. closes: Bug#139820
1061 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1062 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1063 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1064 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1065 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1066 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1067 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1068 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1069 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1070 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1072 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1074 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1075 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1076 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1077 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1078 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1079 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1080 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1081 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1082 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1083 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1084 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1085 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1086 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1087 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1088 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1089 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1090 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1091 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1092 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1093 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1095 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1096 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1097 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1098 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1099 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1100 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1101 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1103 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1104 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1105 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1106 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1107 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1108 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1109 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1110 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1111 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1113 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1115 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1117 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1118 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1119 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1120 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1121 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1122 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1123 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1124 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1125 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1126 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1127 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1128 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1129 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1130 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1131 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1132 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1133 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1134 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1135 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1136 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1137 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1138 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1139 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1141 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1143 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1145 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1146 medium, high, emergency.
1147 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1148 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1149 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1150 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1151 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1154 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1155 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1156 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1158 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1159 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1160 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1161 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1162 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1163 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1164 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1167 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1169 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1171 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1172 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1173 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1174 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1176 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1177 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1178 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1179 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1180 debian/rules to do this
1181 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1182 patches are incorporated upstream
1183 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1184 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1185 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1186 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1187 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1188 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1190 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1191 system closes: Bug#91249
1192 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1193 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1194 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1195 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1196 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1197 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1198 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1199 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1200 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1201 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1202 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1203 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1204 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1206 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1208 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1210 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1211 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1212 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1213 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1215 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1216 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1217 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1219 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1222 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1224 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1226 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1227 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1228 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1229 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1230 package for the time being
1231 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1232 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1233 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1234 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1235 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1236 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1237 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1238 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1239 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1240 Build-Depends arch syntax
1241 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1243 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1244 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1246 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1247 from policy maintenance duties.
1248 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1249 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1251 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1253 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1255 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1257 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1259 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1261 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1262 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1263 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1264 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1265 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1266 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1267 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1268 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1269 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1270 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1271 minor version number for this
1272 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1273 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1274 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1275 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1276 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1277 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1278 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1279 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1280 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1282 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1284 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1286 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1287 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1288 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1289 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1290 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1292 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1294 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1295 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1296 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1297 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1298 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1299 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1300 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1301 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1302 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1303 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1304 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1305 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1306 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1307 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1308 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1309 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1312 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1314 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1316 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1317 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1319 * Document the Enhances relationship
1320 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1321 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1322 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1323 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1324 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1325 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1327 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1329 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1330 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1331 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1332 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1334 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1335 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1336 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1337 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1338 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1340 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1342 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1344 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1345 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1346 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1348 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1349 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1350 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1351 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1352 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1353 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1354 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1355 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1356 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1358 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1360 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1362 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1364 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1365 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1366 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1367 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1368 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1369 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1370 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1371 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1372 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1373 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1374 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1375 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1376 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1377 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1378 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1379 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1380 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1381 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1382 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1383 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1384 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1385 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1387 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1388 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1390 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1392 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1394 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1395 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1396 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1397 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1398 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1399 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1400 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1401 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1402 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1403 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1404 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1405 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1406 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1407 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1408 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1409 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1410 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1411 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1412 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1413 list closes: Bug#53756
1414 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1415 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1416 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1417 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1418 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1419 policy closes: Bug#53760
1420 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1421 policy closes: Bug#53761
1422 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1423 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1424 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1425 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1426 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1427 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1428 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1429 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1430 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1431 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1432 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1434 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1435 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1436 to install with older fileutils.
1437 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1438 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1439 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1440 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1442 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1443 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1445 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1447 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1449 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1450 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1452 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1454 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1456 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1457 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1459 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1462 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1464 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1465 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1467 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1469 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1471 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1473 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1474 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1476 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1478 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1480 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1481 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1482 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1483 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1484 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1485 directoried (closes: #41547)
1486 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1487 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1488 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1489 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1490 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1491 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1492 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1493 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1494 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1495 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1496 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1498 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1499 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1500 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1501 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1502 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1503 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1504 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1506 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1507 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1508 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1509 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1511 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1513 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1515 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1516 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1518 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1520 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1522 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1523 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1525 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1527 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1529 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1530 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1532 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1533 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1534 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1535 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1536 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1537 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1538 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1539 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1540 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1541 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1542 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1543 this closes: Bug#38612
1544 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1545 before. closes: Bug#40864
1547 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1549 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1551 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1552 officially uploaded.
1553 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1555 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1556 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1557 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1559 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1560 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1561 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1562 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1563 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1564 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1566 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1567 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1568 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1570 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1572 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1573 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1574 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1575 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1576 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1578 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1580 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1582 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1583 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1584 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1585 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1586 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1587 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1588 there). closes: Bug#34233
1589 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1590 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1591 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1592 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1593 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1595 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1597 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1599 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1600 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1601 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1602 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1605 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1606 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1607 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1608 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1609 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1612 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1613 number. closes: BUG#25911
1615 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1616 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1617 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1618 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1619 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1620 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1622 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1623 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1624 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1627 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1628 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1629 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1631 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1632 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1633 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1634 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1636 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1637 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1638 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1640 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1642 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1643 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1644 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1645 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1646 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1647 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1648 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1649 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1652 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1654 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1655 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1658 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1660 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1662 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1664 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1666 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1668 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1669 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1670 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1671 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1672 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1673 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1674 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1675 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1677 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1678 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1680 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1682 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1684 * non-maintainer release
1685 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1686 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1688 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1689 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1690 * no content changes
1691 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1693 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1695 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1699 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1701 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1703 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1705 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1706 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1707 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1709 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1710 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1712 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1713 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1714 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1715 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1717 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1718 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1719 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1720 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1721 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1722 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1723 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1725 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1726 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1727 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1730 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1731 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1732 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1734 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1735 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1736 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1738 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1739 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1741 * New version numbering scheme:
1743 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1744 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1745 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1748 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1749 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1750 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1751 differ between the manuals.
1753 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1754 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1755 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1756 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1758 * Packaging changes:
1760 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1761 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1763 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1765 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1767 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1769 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1771 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1772 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1773 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1775 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1776 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1779 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1780 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1781 file extension as the referenced file
1783 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1784 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1786 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1787 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1788 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1789 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1792 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1793 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1794 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1796 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1797 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1798 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1799 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1802 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1803 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1806 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1807 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1808 reasonable default configuration
1810 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1811 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1812 by all news servers and clients
1814 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1815 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1816 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1817 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1818 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1820 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1821 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1824 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1826 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1827 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1829 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1832 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1833 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1835 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1836 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1838 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1840 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1842 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1844 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1845 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1846 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1847 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1849 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1851 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1852 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1853 * Don't use debstd anymore
1855 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1857 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1859 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1860 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1861 contrib/non-free policy
1862 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1863 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1864 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1865 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1866 - new section about `Daemons'
1867 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1868 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1869 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1870 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1871 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1872 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1873 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1874 * SGML source code included in package
1875 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1877 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1879 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1881 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1882 - completely reworked structure
1883 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1884 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1885 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1886 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1887 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1888 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1889 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1890 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1891 - mention "orphaned packages"
1892 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1893 distributions' policy
1894 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1895 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1896 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1897 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1898 - added section about arch spec strings
1899 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1900 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1901 - added section about "menus"
1902 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1903 the new documentation policy soon
1904 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1905 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1907 - added section about editors and pagers
1908 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1909 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1910 - added section about device files
1911 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1912 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1913 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1915 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1916 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1917 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1918 - Added new section about obsolete names
1919 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1920 * Fixed package's description
1922 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1924 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1926 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1928 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1930 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1932 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1933 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1934 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1935 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1937 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1939 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1941 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1942 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1943 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1945 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1946 and upload it "byhand" too.
1948 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1950 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1953 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1954 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1955 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1956 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1957 functionality must not have the same name.
1958 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1959 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1960 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1961 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1962 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1963 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1964 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1966 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1967 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1968 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1969 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1970 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1971 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1972 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1973 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1976 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1978 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1980 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1982 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1983 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1984 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1985 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1986 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1989 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1991 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1993 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1995 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1996 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1997 description of deb file format.
1998 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1999 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2001 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2003 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2004 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2006 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2008 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2010 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2011 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2012 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2013 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2014 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2015 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2016 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2017 packages in section on Procedure
2018 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2019 a package maintainer
2020 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2021 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2022 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2024 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2025 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2026 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2027 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2028 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2029 on various shlib files
2030 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2031 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2032 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2034 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2036 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2038 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2039 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2040 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2042 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2043 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2044 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2045 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2046 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2048 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2050 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2052 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2054 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2056 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2057 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2058 compatibility go in contrib.
2060 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2061 instructions in policy manual.
2062 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2065 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2067 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2069 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2070 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2071 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2072 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2074 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2075 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2078 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2080 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2082 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2083 * More detail about changelog format names.
2085 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2086 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2090 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2092 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2094 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2096 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2098 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2100 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2102 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2104 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2105 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2106 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2108 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2110 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2112 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2114 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2116 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2120 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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