1 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
4 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
7 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
8 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
10 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
11 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
13 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
15 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
16 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
18 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
20 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
21 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
22 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
25 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
26 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
27 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
28 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
31 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:45:46 -0700
33 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
35 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
36 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
37 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
38 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
40 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
41 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
42 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
43 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
45 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
46 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
47 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
48 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
50 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
51 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
53 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
55 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
56 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
57 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
58 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
60 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
61 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
62 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
63 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
65 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
66 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
67 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
68 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
70 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
71 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
72 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
73 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
75 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
76 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
77 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
78 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
80 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
81 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
82 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
83 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
85 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
86 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
87 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
88 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
89 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
91 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
92 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
93 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
94 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
95 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
96 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
97 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
98 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
99 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
100 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
101 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
102 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
103 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
104 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
105 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
106 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
107 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
108 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
109 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
110 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
111 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
112 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
113 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
114 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
115 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
116 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
117 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
118 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
119 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
120 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
122 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
123 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
124 links was completed long ago.
125 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
127 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
129 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
131 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
132 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
134 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
136 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
138 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
139 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
140 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
141 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
142 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
143 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
144 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
145 Millan (Closes: #209008).
146 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
147 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
149 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
151 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
153 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
154 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
155 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
156 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
157 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
158 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
159 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
161 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
162 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
163 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
164 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
166 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
167 Küster (Closes: #403391).
168 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
169 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
170 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
171 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
172 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
173 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
174 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
175 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
176 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
177 Closes: #186700, #458910
178 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
179 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
180 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
182 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
183 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
184 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
185 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
186 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
187 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
188 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
189 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
191 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
192 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
194 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
195 * Add an md5sums control file.
196 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
197 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
198 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
199 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
200 currently part of policy.
201 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
202 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
203 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
206 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
208 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
210 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
211 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
212 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
213 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
214 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
215 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
216 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
217 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
218 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
219 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
220 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
221 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
222 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
223 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
224 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
225 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
227 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
229 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
230 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
231 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
233 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
234 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
235 list?" (Closes: #412634).
236 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
237 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
238 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
239 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
240 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
241 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
242 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
243 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
244 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
245 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
246 debconf specification.
247 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
248 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
250 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
252 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
254 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
255 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
256 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
257 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
258 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
260 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
262 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
263 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
264 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
265 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
266 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
268 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
269 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
270 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
271 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
272 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
273 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
274 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
275 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
276 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
277 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
278 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
279 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
280 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
281 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
282 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
283 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
285 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
287 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
288 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
289 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
290 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
291 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
292 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
293 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
294 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
296 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
298 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
300 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
301 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
302 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
303 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
304 Polo (Closes: #372497).
305 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
306 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
308 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
309 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
310 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
311 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
312 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
313 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
314 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
315 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
316 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
317 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
319 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
320 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
321 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
322 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
323 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
324 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
326 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
328 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
330 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
331 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
332 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
333 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
335 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
336 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
338 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
340 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
342 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
343 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
344 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
345 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
346 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
347 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
348 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
349 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
350 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
351 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
353 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
354 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
355 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
356 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
357 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
358 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
359 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
360 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
361 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
362 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
363 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
366 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
368 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
370 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
371 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
372 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
373 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
374 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
375 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
376 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
377 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
378 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
379 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
380 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
381 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
382 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
383 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
384 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
385 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
386 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
387 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
388 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
389 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
390 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
391 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
392 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
393 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
394 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
395 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
396 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
397 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
399 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
400 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
401 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
402 Hess (Closes: #362247).
403 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
404 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
405 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
406 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
407 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
408 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
409 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
410 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
411 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
412 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
413 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
414 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
416 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
417 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
419 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
420 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
421 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
422 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
423 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
424 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
425 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
426 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
427 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
428 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
429 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
431 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
433 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
436 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
437 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
438 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
439 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
440 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
441 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
442 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
443 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
444 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
445 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
446 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
447 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
448 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
450 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
451 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
452 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
453 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
454 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
455 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
456 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
457 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
458 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
459 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
460 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
461 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
462 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
463 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
464 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
465 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
466 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
467 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
468 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
471 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
473 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
475 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
476 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
477 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
478 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
480 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
481 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
482 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
483 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
485 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
487 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
490 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
491 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
492 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
493 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
494 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
495 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
496 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
497 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
498 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
499 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
501 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
502 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
503 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
505 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
506 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
507 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
508 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
509 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
510 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
511 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
513 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
514 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
515 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
516 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
518 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
519 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
520 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
521 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
522 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
523 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
524 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
525 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
527 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
528 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
529 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
530 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
531 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
532 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
533 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
534 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
535 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
536 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
537 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
538 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
539 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
540 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
541 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
542 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
543 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
545 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
547 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
550 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
551 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
552 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
553 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
554 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
555 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
556 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
557 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
558 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
560 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
561 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
562 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
563 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
564 this section. closes: Bug#248618
565 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
566 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
567 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
568 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
569 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
570 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
571 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
572 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
573 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
574 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
575 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
576 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
578 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
579 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
580 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
583 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
584 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
585 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
587 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
588 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
589 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
590 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
591 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
592 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
594 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
595 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
597 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
598 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
599 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
600 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
601 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
602 Closes: #185943, #237049
604 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
606 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
609 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
612 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
613 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
614 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
615 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
616 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
617 running. closes: Bug#187250
618 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
619 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
620 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
621 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
622 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
623 user closes: Bug#176506
625 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
627 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
630 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
631 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
632 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
633 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
634 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
635 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
636 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
637 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
638 deb-building toolchain.
639 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
640 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
641 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
642 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
643 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
644 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
645 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
646 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
647 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
648 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
649 sections about changelog files.
651 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
652 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
653 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
654 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
655 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
656 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
658 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
659 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
660 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
661 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
662 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
663 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
664 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
665 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
666 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
667 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
668 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
669 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
670 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
671 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
672 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
673 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
674 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
675 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
676 for the restructuring
678 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
680 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
683 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
685 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
686 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
687 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
688 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
689 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
690 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
692 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
693 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
694 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
695 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
696 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
697 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
698 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
700 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
701 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
702 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
703 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
705 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
707 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
710 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
711 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
712 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
713 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
714 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
715 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
717 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
718 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
719 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
720 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
722 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
723 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
724 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
725 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
726 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
727 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
728 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
729 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
730 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
732 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
733 script should start it, closes: #60979
734 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
735 "should", closes: #170019
736 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
737 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
738 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
739 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
740 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
741 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
742 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
743 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
746 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
748 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
751 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
752 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
753 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
754 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
755 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
756 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
757 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
758 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
759 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
761 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
762 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
763 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
764 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
765 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
766 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
767 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
768 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
769 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
771 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
772 file, closes: Bug#65764
774 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
776 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
778 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
779 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
780 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
781 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
782 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
783 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
784 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
785 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
786 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
787 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
788 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
789 details. closes: Bug#133030
790 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
791 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
794 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
796 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
798 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
799 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
800 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
801 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
802 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
803 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
804 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
805 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
806 not. closes: Bug#139820
807 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
808 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
809 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
810 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
811 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
812 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
813 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
814 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
815 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
816 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
818 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
820 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
821 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
822 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
823 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
824 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
825 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
826 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
827 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
828 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
829 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
830 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
831 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
832 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
833 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
834 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
835 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
836 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
837 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
838 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
839 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
841 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
842 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
843 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
844 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
845 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
846 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
847 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
849 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
850 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
851 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
852 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
853 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
854 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
855 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
856 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
857 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
859 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
861 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
863 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
864 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
865 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
866 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
867 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
868 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
869 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
870 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
871 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
872 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
873 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
874 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
875 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
876 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
877 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
878 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
879 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
880 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
881 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
882 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
883 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
884 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
885 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
887 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
889 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
891 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
892 medium, high, emergency.
893 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
894 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
895 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
896 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
897 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
900 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
901 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
902 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
904 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
905 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
906 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
907 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
908 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
909 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
910 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
913 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
915 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
917 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
918 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
919 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
920 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
922 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
923 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
924 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
925 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
926 debian/rules to do this
927 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
928 patches are incorporated upstream
929 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
930 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
931 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
932 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
933 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
934 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
936 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
937 system closes: Bug#91249
938 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
939 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
940 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
941 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
942 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
943 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
944 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
945 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
946 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
947 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
948 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
949 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
950 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
952 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
954 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
956 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
957 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
958 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
959 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
961 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
962 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
963 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
965 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
968 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
970 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
972 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
973 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
974 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
975 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
976 package for the time being
977 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
978 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
979 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
980 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
981 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
982 * Rename all .text files as .txt
983 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
984 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
985 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
986 Build-Depends arch syntax
987 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
989 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
990 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
992 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
993 from policy maintenance duties.
994 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
995 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
997 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
999 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1001 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1003 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1005 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1007 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1008 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1009 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1010 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1011 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1012 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1013 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1014 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1015 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1016 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1017 minor version number for this
1018 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1019 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1020 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1021 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1022 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1023 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1024 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1025 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1026 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1028 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1030 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1032 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1033 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1034 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1035 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1036 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1038 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1040 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1041 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1042 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1043 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1044 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1045 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1046 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1047 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1048 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1049 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1050 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1051 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1052 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1053 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1054 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1055 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1058 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1060 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1062 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1063 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1065 * Document the Enhances relationship
1066 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1067 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1068 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1069 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1070 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1071 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1073 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1075 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1076 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1077 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1078 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1080 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1081 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1082 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1083 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1084 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1086 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1088 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1090 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1091 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1092 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1094 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1095 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1096 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1097 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1098 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1099 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1100 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1101 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1102 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1104 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1106 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1108 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1110 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1111 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1112 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1113 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1114 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1115 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1116 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1117 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1118 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1119 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1120 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1121 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1122 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1123 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1124 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1125 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1126 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1127 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1128 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1129 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1130 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1131 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1133 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1134 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1136 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1138 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1140 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1141 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1142 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1143 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1144 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1145 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1146 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1147 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1148 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1149 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1150 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1151 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1152 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1153 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1154 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1155 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1156 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1157 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1158 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1159 list closes: Bug#53756
1160 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1161 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1162 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1163 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1164 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1165 policy closes: Bug#53760
1166 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1167 policy closes: Bug#53761
1168 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1169 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1170 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1171 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1172 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1173 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1174 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1175 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1176 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1177 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1178 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1180 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1181 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1182 to install with older fileutils.
1183 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1184 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1185 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1186 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1188 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1189 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1191 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1193 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1195 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1196 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1198 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1200 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1202 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1203 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1205 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1208 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1210 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1211 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1213 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1215 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1217 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1219 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1220 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1222 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1224 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1226 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1227 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1228 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1229 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1230 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1231 directoried (closes: #41547)
1232 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1233 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1234 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1235 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1236 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1237 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1238 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1239 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1240 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1241 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1242 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1244 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1245 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1246 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1247 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1248 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1249 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1250 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1252 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1253 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1254 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1255 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1257 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1259 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1261 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1262 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1264 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1266 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1268 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1269 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1271 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1273 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1275 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1276 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1278 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1279 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1280 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1281 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1282 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1283 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1284 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1285 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1286 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1287 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1288 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1289 this closes: Bug#38612
1290 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1291 before. closes: Bug#40864
1293 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1295 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1297 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1298 officially uploaded.
1299 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1301 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1302 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1303 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1305 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1306 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1307 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1308 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1309 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1310 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1312 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1313 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1314 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1316 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1318 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1319 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1320 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1321 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1322 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1324 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1326 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1328 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1329 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1330 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1331 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1332 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1333 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1334 there). closes: Bug#34233
1335 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1336 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1337 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1338 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1339 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1341 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1343 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1345 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1346 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1347 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1348 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1351 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1352 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1353 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1354 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1355 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1358 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1359 number. closes: BUG#25911
1361 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1362 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1363 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1364 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1365 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1366 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1368 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1369 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1370 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1373 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1374 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1375 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1377 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1378 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1379 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1380 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1382 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1383 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1384 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1386 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1388 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1389 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1390 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1391 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1392 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1393 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1394 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1395 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1398 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1400 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1401 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1404 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1406 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1408 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1410 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1412 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1414 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1415 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1416 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1417 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1418 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1419 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1420 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1421 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1423 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1424 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1426 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1428 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1430 * non-maintainer release
1431 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1432 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1434 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1435 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1436 * no content changes
1437 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1439 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1441 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1445 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1447 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1449 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1451 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1452 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1453 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1455 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1456 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1458 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1459 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1460 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1461 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1463 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1464 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1465 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1466 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1467 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1468 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1469 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1471 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1472 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1473 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1476 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1477 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1478 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1480 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1481 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1482 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1484 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1485 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1487 * New version numbering scheme:
1489 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1490 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1491 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1494 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1495 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1496 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1497 differ between the manuals.
1499 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1500 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1501 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1502 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1504 * Packaging changes:
1506 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1507 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1509 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1511 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1513 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1515 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1517 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1518 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1519 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1521 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1522 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1525 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1526 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1527 file extension as the referenced file
1529 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1530 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1532 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1533 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1534 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1535 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1538 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1539 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1540 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1542 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1543 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1544 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1545 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1548 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1549 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1552 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1553 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1554 reasonable default configuration
1556 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1557 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1558 by all news servers and clients
1560 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1561 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1562 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1563 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1564 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1566 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1567 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1570 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1572 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1573 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1575 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1578 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1579 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1581 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1582 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1584 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1586 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1588 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1590 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1591 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1592 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1593 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1595 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1597 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1598 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1599 * Don't use debstd anymore
1601 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1603 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1605 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1606 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1607 contrib/non-free policy
1608 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1609 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1610 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1611 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1612 - new section about `Daemons'
1613 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1614 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1615 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1616 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1617 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1618 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1619 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1620 * SGML source code included in package
1621 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1623 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1625 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1627 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1628 - completely reworked structure
1629 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1630 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1631 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1632 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1633 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1634 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1635 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1636 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1637 - mention "orphaned packages"
1638 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1639 distributions' policy
1640 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1641 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1642 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1643 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1644 - added section about arch spec strings
1645 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1646 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1647 - added section about "menus"
1648 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1649 the new documentation policy soon
1650 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1651 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1653 - added section about editors and pagers
1654 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1655 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1656 - added section about device files
1657 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1658 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1659 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1661 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1662 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1663 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1664 - Added new section about obsolete names
1665 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1666 * Fixed package's description
1668 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1670 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1672 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1674 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1676 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1678 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1679 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1680 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1681 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1683 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1685 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1687 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1688 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1689 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1691 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1692 and upload it "byhand" too.
1694 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1696 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1699 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1700 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1701 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1702 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1703 functionality must not have the same name.
1704 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1705 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1706 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1707 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1708 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1709 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1710 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1712 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1713 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1714 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1715 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1716 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1717 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1718 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1719 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1722 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1724 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1726 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1728 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1729 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1730 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1731 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1732 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1735 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1737 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1739 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1741 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1742 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1743 description of deb file format.
1744 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1745 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1747 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1749 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1750 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1752 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1754 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1756 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1757 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1758 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1759 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1760 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1761 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1762 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1763 packages in section on Procedure
1764 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1765 a package maintainer
1766 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1767 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1768 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1770 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1771 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1772 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1773 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1774 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1775 on various shlib files
1776 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1777 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1778 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1780 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1782 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1784 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1785 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1786 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1788 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1789 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1790 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1791 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1792 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1794 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1796 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1798 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1800 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1802 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1803 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1804 compatibility go in contrib.
1806 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1807 instructions in policy manual.
1808 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1811 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1813 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1815 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1816 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1817 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1818 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1820 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1821 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1824 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1826 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1828 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1829 * More detail about changelog format names.
1831 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1832 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1836 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1838 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1840 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1842 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1844 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1846 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1848 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1850 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1851 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1852 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1854 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1856 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1858 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1860 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1862 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1866 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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