1 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
7 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
9 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
10 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
12 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
14 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
15 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
17 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
19 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
20 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
22 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
24 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
25 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
27 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
29 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
30 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
32 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
34 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
35 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
36 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
37 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
39 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
41 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
42 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
43 * Add Pre-Depends and Build-Depends-Indep to the relationships not
44 allowed from main to contrib or non-free and mention that such
45 relationships are okay if the non-free package is only an
46 alternative. Thanks, Raphael Geissert. (Closes: #587279)
47 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
48 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
49 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
50 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
52 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 28 Jun 2010 09:34:54 -0700
54 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
57 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
60 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
63 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
64 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
65 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
66 and distribution license' (three times).
67 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
68 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
69 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
70 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
71 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
73 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
75 Proposed by Santiago Vila
76 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
77 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
78 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
79 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
83 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
84 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
85 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
86 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
88 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
89 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
90 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
91 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
92 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
93 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
95 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
96 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
97 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
98 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
100 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
101 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
102 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
103 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
104 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
106 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
107 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
108 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
109 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
110 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
112 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
113 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
114 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
115 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
116 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
118 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
119 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
120 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
121 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
123 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
124 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
125 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
126 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
127 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
129 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
130 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
131 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
132 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
134 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
135 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
136 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
137 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
139 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
140 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
141 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
142 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
143 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
145 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
146 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
147 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
148 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
150 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
151 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
152 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
153 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
154 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
156 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
157 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
158 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
159 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
161 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
162 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
163 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
164 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
165 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
166 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
167 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
168 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
169 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
170 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
171 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
172 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
173 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
174 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
175 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
176 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
177 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
178 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
179 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
180 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
181 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
182 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
183 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
184 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
185 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
186 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
187 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
188 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
189 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
190 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
191 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
192 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
194 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
196 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
198 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
201 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
202 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
204 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
205 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
209 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
212 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
213 Wording: Steve Langasek.
214 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
215 Seconded: Julien Cristau
216 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
219 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
220 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
221 Seconded: Russ Allbery
222 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
225 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
226 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
227 Seconded: Russ Allbery
229 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
230 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
231 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
232 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
233 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
234 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
235 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
236 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
237 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
239 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
240 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
241 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
242 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
243 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
244 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
245 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
246 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
247 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
248 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
249 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
250 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
251 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
252 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
253 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
254 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
256 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
257 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
258 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
259 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
260 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
262 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
265 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
266 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
267 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
268 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
269 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
270 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
273 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
275 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
277 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
278 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
279 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
280 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
282 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
283 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
284 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
285 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
287 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
288 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
289 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
290 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
292 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
293 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
294 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
295 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
296 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
297 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
299 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
300 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
301 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
302 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
303 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
305 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
306 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
307 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
308 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
310 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
311 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
312 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
313 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
315 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
316 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
317 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
318 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
320 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
321 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
322 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
323 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
325 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
326 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
327 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
328 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
330 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
331 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
332 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
333 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
334 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
335 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
336 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
337 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
338 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
339 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
340 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
341 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
342 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
343 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
344 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
346 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
347 Source field descriptions.
348 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
349 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
350 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
351 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
352 description says otherwise.
354 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
356 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
359 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
360 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
361 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
362 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
363 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
364 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
366 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
367 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
368 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
369 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
371 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
372 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
373 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
374 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
376 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
377 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
378 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
379 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
381 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
382 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
383 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
384 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
388 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
389 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
390 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
391 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
392 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
394 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
395 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
396 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
397 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
399 * Add myself to Uploaders.
402 * Add myself to Uploaders.
403 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
405 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
406 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
407 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
409 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
411 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
413 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
414 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
415 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
416 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
418 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
419 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
420 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
421 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
423 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
424 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
425 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
426 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
428 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
429 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
430 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
431 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
433 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
434 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
435 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
436 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
438 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
439 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
440 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
441 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
443 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
444 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
445 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
446 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
448 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
449 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
450 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
451 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
453 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
454 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
455 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
456 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
458 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
459 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
460 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
461 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
463 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
464 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
465 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
466 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
467 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
469 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
470 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
471 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
472 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
473 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
474 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
475 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
476 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
477 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
478 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
479 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
480 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
481 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
482 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
483 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
484 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
485 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
486 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
487 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
488 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
489 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
490 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
491 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
492 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
493 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
494 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
495 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
496 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
497 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
498 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
500 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
501 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
502 links was completed long ago.
503 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
505 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
507 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
509 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
510 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
512 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
514 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
516 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
517 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
518 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
519 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
520 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
521 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
522 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
523 Millan (Closes: #209008).
524 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
525 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
527 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
529 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
531 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
532 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
533 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
534 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
535 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
536 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
537 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
539 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
540 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
541 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
542 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
544 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
545 Küster (Closes: #403391).
546 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
547 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
548 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
549 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
550 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
551 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
552 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
553 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
554 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
555 Closes: #186700, #458910
556 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
557 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
558 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
560 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
561 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
562 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
563 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
564 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
565 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
566 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
567 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
569 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
570 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
572 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
573 * Add an md5sums control file.
574 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
575 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
576 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
577 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
578 currently part of policy.
579 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
580 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
581 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
584 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
586 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
588 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
589 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
590 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
591 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
592 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
593 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
594 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
595 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
596 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
597 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
598 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
599 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
600 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
601 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
602 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
603 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
605 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
607 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
608 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
609 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
611 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
612 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
613 list?" (Closes: #412634).
614 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
615 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
616 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
617 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
618 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
619 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
620 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
621 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
622 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
623 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
624 debconf specification.
625 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
626 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
628 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
630 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
632 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
633 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
634 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
635 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
636 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
638 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
640 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
641 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
642 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
643 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
644 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
646 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
647 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
648 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
649 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
650 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
651 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
652 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
653 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
654 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
655 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
656 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
657 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
658 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
659 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
660 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
661 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
663 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
665 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
666 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
667 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
668 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
669 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
670 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
671 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
672 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
674 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
676 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
678 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
679 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
680 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
681 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
682 Polo (Closes: #372497).
683 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
684 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
686 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
687 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
688 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
689 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
690 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
691 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
692 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
693 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
694 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
695 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
697 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
698 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
699 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
700 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
701 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
702 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
704 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
706 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
708 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
709 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
710 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
711 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
713 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
714 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
716 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
718 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
720 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
721 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
722 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
723 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
724 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
725 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
726 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
727 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
728 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
729 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
731 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
732 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
733 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
734 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
735 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
736 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
737 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
738 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
739 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
740 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
741 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
744 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
746 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
748 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
749 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
750 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
751 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
752 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
753 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
754 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
755 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
756 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
757 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
758 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
759 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
760 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
761 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
762 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
763 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
764 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
765 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
766 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
767 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
768 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
769 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
770 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
771 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
772 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
773 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
774 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
775 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
777 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
778 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
779 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
780 Hess (Closes: #362247).
781 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
782 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
783 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
784 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
785 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
786 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
787 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
788 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
789 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
790 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
791 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
792 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
794 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
795 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
797 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
798 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
799 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
800 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
801 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
802 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
803 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
804 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
805 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
806 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
807 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
809 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
811 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
814 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
815 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
816 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
817 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
818 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
819 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
820 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
821 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
822 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
823 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
824 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
825 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
826 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
828 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
829 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
830 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
831 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
832 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
833 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
834 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
835 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
836 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
837 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
838 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
839 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
840 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
841 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
842 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
843 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
844 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
845 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
846 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
849 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
851 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
853 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
854 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
855 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
856 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
858 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
859 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
860 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
861 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
863 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
865 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
868 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
869 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
870 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
871 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
872 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
873 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
874 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
875 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
876 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
877 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
879 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
880 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
881 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
883 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
884 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
885 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
886 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
887 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
888 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
889 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
891 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
892 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
893 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
894 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
896 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
897 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
898 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
899 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
900 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
901 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
902 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
903 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
905 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
906 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
907 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
908 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
909 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
910 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
911 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
912 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
913 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
914 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
915 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
916 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
917 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
918 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
919 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
920 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
921 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
923 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
925 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
928 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
929 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
930 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
931 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
932 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
933 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
934 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
935 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
936 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
938 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
939 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
940 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
941 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
942 this section. closes: Bug#248618
943 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
944 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
945 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
946 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
947 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
948 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
949 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
950 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
951 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
952 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
953 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
954 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
956 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
957 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
958 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
961 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
962 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
963 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
965 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
966 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
967 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
968 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
969 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
970 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
972 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
973 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
975 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
976 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
977 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
978 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
979 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
980 Closes: #185943, #237049
982 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
984 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
987 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
990 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
991 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
992 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
993 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
994 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
995 running. closes: Bug#187250
996 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
997 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
998 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
999 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1000 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1001 user closes: Bug#176506
1003 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1005 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1008 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1009 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1010 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1011 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1012 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1013 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1014 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1015 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1016 deb-building toolchain.
1017 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1018 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1019 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1020 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1021 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1022 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1023 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1024 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1025 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1026 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1027 sections about changelog files.
1029 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1030 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1031 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1032 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1033 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1034 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1036 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1037 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1038 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1039 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1040 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1041 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1042 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1043 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1044 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1045 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1046 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1047 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1048 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1049 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1050 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1051 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1052 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1053 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1054 for the restructuring
1056 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1058 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1061 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1063 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1064 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1065 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1066 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1067 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1068 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1070 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1071 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1072 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1073 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1074 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1075 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1076 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1078 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1079 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1080 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1081 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1083 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1085 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1088 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1089 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1090 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1091 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1092 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1093 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1095 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1096 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1097 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1098 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1100 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1101 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1102 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1103 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1104 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1105 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1106 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1107 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1108 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1109 offtopic stuff, too.
1110 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1111 script should start it, closes: #60979
1112 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1113 "should", closes: #170019
1114 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1115 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1116 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1117 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1118 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1119 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1120 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1121 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1124 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1126 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1129 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1130 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1131 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1132 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1133 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1134 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1135 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1136 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1137 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1139 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1140 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1141 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1142 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1143 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1144 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1145 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1146 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1147 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1149 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1150 file, closes: Bug#65764
1152 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1154 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1156 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1157 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1158 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1159 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1160 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1161 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1162 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1163 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1164 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1165 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1166 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1167 details. closes: Bug#133030
1168 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1169 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1170 parts of Bug#161455.
1172 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1174 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1176 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1177 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1178 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1179 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1180 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1181 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1182 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1183 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1184 not. closes: Bug#139820
1185 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1186 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1187 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1188 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1189 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1190 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1191 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1192 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1193 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1194 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1196 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1198 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1199 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1200 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1201 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1202 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1203 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1204 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1205 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1206 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1207 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1208 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1209 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1210 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1211 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1212 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1213 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1214 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1215 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1216 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1217 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1219 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1220 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1221 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1222 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1223 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1224 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1225 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1227 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1228 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1229 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1230 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1231 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1232 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1233 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1234 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1235 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1237 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1239 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1241 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1242 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1243 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1244 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1245 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1246 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1247 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1248 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1249 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1250 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1251 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1252 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1253 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1254 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1255 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1256 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1257 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1258 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1259 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1260 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1261 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1262 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1263 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1265 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1267 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1269 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1270 medium, high, emergency.
1271 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1272 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1273 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1274 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1275 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1278 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1279 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1280 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1282 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1283 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1284 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1285 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1286 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1287 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1288 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1291 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1293 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1295 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1296 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1297 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1298 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1300 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1301 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1302 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1303 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1304 debian/rules to do this
1305 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1306 patches are incorporated upstream
1307 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1308 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1309 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1310 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1311 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1312 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1314 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1315 system closes: Bug#91249
1316 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1317 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1318 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1319 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1320 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1321 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1322 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1323 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1324 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1325 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1326 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1327 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1328 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1330 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1332 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1334 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1335 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1336 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1337 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1339 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1340 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1341 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1343 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1346 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1348 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1350 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1351 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1352 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1353 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1354 package for the time being
1355 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1356 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1357 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1358 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1359 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1360 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1361 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1362 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1363 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1364 Build-Depends arch syntax
1365 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1367 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1368 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1370 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1371 from policy maintenance duties.
1372 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1373 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1375 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1377 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1379 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1381 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1383 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1385 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1386 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1387 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1388 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1389 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1390 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1391 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1392 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1393 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1394 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1395 minor version number for this
1396 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1397 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1398 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1399 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1400 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1401 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1402 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1403 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1404 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1406 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1408 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1410 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1411 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1412 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1413 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1414 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1416 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1418 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1419 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1420 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1421 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1422 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1423 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1424 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1425 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1426 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1427 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1428 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1429 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1430 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1431 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1432 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1433 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1436 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1438 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1440 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1441 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1443 * Document the Enhances relationship
1444 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1445 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1446 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1447 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1448 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1449 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1451 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1453 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1454 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1455 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1456 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1458 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1459 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1460 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1461 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1462 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1464 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1466 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1468 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1469 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1470 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1472 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1473 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1474 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1475 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1476 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1477 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1478 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1479 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1480 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1482 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1484 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1486 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1488 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1489 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1490 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1491 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1492 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1493 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1494 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1495 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1496 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1497 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1498 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1499 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1500 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1501 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1502 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1503 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1504 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1505 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1506 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1507 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1508 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1509 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1511 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1512 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1514 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1516 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1518 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1519 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1520 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1521 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1522 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1523 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1524 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1525 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1526 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1527 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1528 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1529 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1530 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1531 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1532 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1533 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1534 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1535 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1536 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1537 list closes: Bug#53756
1538 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1539 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1540 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1541 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1542 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1543 policy closes: Bug#53760
1544 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1545 policy closes: Bug#53761
1546 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1547 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1548 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1549 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1550 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1551 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1552 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1553 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1554 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1555 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1556 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1558 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1559 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1560 to install with older fileutils.
1561 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1562 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1563 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1564 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1566 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1567 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1569 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1571 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1573 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1574 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1576 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1578 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1580 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1581 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1583 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1586 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1588 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1589 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1591 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1593 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1595 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1597 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1598 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1600 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1602 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1604 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1605 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1606 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1607 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1608 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1609 directoried (closes: #41547)
1610 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1611 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1612 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1613 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1614 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1615 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1616 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1617 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1618 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1619 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1620 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1622 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1623 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1624 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1625 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1626 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1627 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1628 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1630 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1631 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1632 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1633 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1635 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1637 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1639 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1640 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1642 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1644 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1646 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1647 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1649 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1651 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1653 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1654 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1656 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1657 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1658 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1659 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1660 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1661 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1662 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1663 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1664 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1665 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1666 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1667 this closes: Bug#38612
1668 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1669 before. closes: Bug#40864
1671 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1673 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1675 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1676 officially uploaded.
1677 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1679 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1680 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1681 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1683 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1684 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1685 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1686 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1687 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1688 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1690 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1691 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1692 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1694 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1696 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1697 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1698 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1699 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1700 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1702 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1704 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1706 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1707 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1708 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1709 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1710 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1711 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1712 there). closes: Bug#34233
1713 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1714 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1715 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1716 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1717 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1719 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1721 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1723 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1724 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1725 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1726 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1729 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1730 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1731 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1732 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1733 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1736 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1737 number. closes: BUG#25911
1739 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1740 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1741 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1742 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1743 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1744 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1746 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1747 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1748 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1751 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1752 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1753 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1755 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1756 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1757 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1758 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1760 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1761 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1762 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1764 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1766 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1767 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1768 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1769 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1770 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1771 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1772 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1773 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1776 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1778 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1779 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1782 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1784 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1786 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1788 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1790 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1792 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1793 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1794 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1795 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1796 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1797 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1798 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1799 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1801 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1802 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1804 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1806 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1808 * non-maintainer release
1809 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1810 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1812 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1813 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1814 * no content changes
1815 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1817 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1819 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1823 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1825 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1827 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1829 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1830 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1831 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1833 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1834 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1836 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1837 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1838 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1839 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1841 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1842 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1843 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1844 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1845 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1846 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1847 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1849 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1850 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1851 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1854 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1855 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1856 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1858 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1859 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1860 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1862 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1863 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1865 * New version numbering scheme:
1867 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1868 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1869 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1872 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1873 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1874 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1875 differ between the manuals.
1877 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1878 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1879 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1880 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1882 * Packaging changes:
1884 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1885 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1887 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1889 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1891 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1893 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1895 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1896 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1897 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1899 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1900 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1903 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1904 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1905 file extension as the referenced file
1907 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1908 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1910 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1911 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1912 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1913 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1916 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1917 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1918 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1920 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1921 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1922 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1923 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1926 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1927 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1930 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1931 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1932 reasonable default configuration
1934 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1935 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1936 by all news servers and clients
1938 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1939 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1940 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1941 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1942 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1944 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1945 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1948 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1950 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1951 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1953 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1956 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1957 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1959 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1960 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1962 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1964 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1966 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1968 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1969 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1970 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1971 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1973 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1975 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1976 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1977 * Don't use debstd anymore
1979 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1981 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1983 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1984 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1985 contrib/non-free policy
1986 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1987 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1988 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1989 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1990 - new section about `Daemons'
1991 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1992 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1993 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1994 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1995 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1996 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1997 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1998 * SGML source code included in package
1999 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2001 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2003 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2005 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2006 - completely reworked structure
2007 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2008 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2009 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2010 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2011 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2012 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2013 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2014 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2015 - mention "orphaned packages"
2016 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2017 distributions' policy
2018 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2019 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2020 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2021 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2022 - added section about arch spec strings
2023 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2024 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2025 - added section about "menus"
2026 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2027 the new documentation policy soon
2028 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2029 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2031 - added section about editors and pagers
2032 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2033 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2034 - added section about device files
2035 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2036 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2037 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2039 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2040 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2041 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2042 - Added new section about obsolete names
2043 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2044 * Fixed package's description
2046 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2048 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2050 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2052 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2054 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2056 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2057 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2058 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2059 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2061 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2063 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2065 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2066 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2067 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2069 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2070 and upload it "byhand" too.
2072 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2074 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2077 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2078 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2079 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2080 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2081 functionality must not have the same name.
2082 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2083 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2084 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2085 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2086 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2087 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2088 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2090 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2091 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2092 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2093 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2094 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2095 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2096 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2097 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2100 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2102 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2104 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2106 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2107 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2108 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2109 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2110 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2113 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2115 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2117 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2119 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2120 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2121 description of deb file format.
2122 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2123 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2125 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2127 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2128 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2130 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2132 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2134 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2135 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2136 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2137 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2138 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2139 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2140 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2141 packages in section on Procedure
2142 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2143 a package maintainer
2144 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2145 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2146 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2148 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2149 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2150 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2151 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2152 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2153 on various shlib files
2154 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2155 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2156 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2158 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2160 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2162 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2163 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2164 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2166 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2167 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2168 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2169 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2170 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2172 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2174 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2176 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2178 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2180 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2181 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2182 compatibility go in contrib.
2184 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2185 instructions in policy manual.
2186 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2189 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2191 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2193 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2194 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2195 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2196 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2198 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2199 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2202 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2204 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2206 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2207 * More detail about changelog format names.
2209 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2210 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2214 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2216 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2218 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2220 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2222 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2224 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2226 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2228 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2229 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2230 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2232 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2234 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2236 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2238 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2240 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2244 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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