1 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
4 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
5 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
6 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
7 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
8 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
9 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
10 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
11 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
12 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
13 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
14 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
15 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
16 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
17 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
19 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
24 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
26 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
27 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
28 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
29 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
30 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
32 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
34 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
35 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
36 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
37 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
38 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
40 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
41 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
42 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
43 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
44 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
45 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
46 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
47 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
48 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
49 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
50 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
51 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
52 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
53 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
54 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
55 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
57 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
59 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
60 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
61 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
62 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
63 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
64 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
65 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
66 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
68 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
70 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
72 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
73 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
74 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
75 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
76 Polo (Closes: #372497).
77 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
78 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
80 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
81 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
82 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
83 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
84 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
85 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
86 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
87 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
88 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
89 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
91 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
92 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
93 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
94 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
95 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
96 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
98 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
100 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
102 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
103 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
104 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
105 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
107 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
108 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
110 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
112 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
114 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
115 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
116 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
117 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
118 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
119 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
120 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
121 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
122 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
123 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
125 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
126 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
127 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
128 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
129 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
130 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
131 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
132 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
133 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
134 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
135 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
138 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
140 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
142 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
143 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
144 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
145 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
146 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
147 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
148 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
149 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
150 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
151 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
152 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
153 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
154 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
155 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
156 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
157 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
158 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
159 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
160 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
161 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
162 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
163 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
164 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
165 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
166 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
167 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
168 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
169 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
171 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
172 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
173 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
174 Hess (Closes: #362247).
175 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
176 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
177 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
178 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
179 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
180 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
181 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
182 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
183 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
184 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
185 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
186 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
188 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
189 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
191 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
192 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
193 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
194 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
195 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
196 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
197 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
198 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
199 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
200 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
201 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
203 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
205 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
208 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
209 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
210 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
211 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
212 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
213 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
214 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
215 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
216 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
217 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
218 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
219 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
220 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
222 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
223 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
224 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
225 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
226 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
227 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
228 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
229 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
230 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
231 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
232 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
233 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
234 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
235 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
236 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
237 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
238 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
239 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
240 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
243 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
245 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
247 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
248 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
249 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
250 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
252 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
253 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
254 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
255 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
257 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
259 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
262 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
263 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
264 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
265 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
266 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
267 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
268 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
269 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
270 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
271 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
273 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
274 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
275 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
277 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
278 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
279 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
280 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
281 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
282 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
283 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
285 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
286 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
287 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
288 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
290 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
291 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
292 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
293 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
294 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
295 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
296 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
297 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
299 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
300 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
301 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
302 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
303 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
304 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
305 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
306 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
307 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
308 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
309 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
310 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
311 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
312 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
313 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
314 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
315 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
317 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
319 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
322 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
323 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
324 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
325 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
326 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
327 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
328 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
329 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
330 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
332 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
333 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
334 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
335 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
336 this section. closes: Bug#248618
337 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
338 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
339 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
340 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
341 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
342 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
343 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
344 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
345 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
346 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
347 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
348 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
350 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
351 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
352 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
355 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
356 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
357 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
359 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
360 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
361 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
362 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
363 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
364 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
366 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
367 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
369 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
370 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
371 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
372 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
373 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
374 Closes: #185943, #237049
376 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
378 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
381 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
384 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
385 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
386 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
387 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
388 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
389 running. closes: Bug#187250
390 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
391 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
392 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
393 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
394 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
395 user closes: Bug#176506
397 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
399 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
402 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
403 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
404 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
405 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
406 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
407 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
408 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
409 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
410 deb-building toolchain.
411 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
412 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
413 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
414 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
415 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
416 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
417 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
418 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
419 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
420 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
421 sections about changelog files.
423 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
424 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
425 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
426 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
427 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
428 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
430 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
431 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
432 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
433 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
434 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
435 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
436 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
437 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
438 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
439 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
440 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
441 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
442 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
443 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
444 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
445 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
446 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
447 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
448 for the restructuring
450 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
452 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
455 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
457 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
458 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
459 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
460 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
461 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
462 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
464 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
465 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
466 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
467 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
468 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
469 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
470 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
472 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
473 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
474 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
475 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
477 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
479 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
482 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
483 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
484 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
485 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
486 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
487 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
489 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
490 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
491 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
492 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
494 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
495 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
496 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
497 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
498 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
499 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
500 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
501 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
502 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
504 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
505 script should start it, closes: #60979
506 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
507 "should", closes: #170019
508 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
509 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
510 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
511 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
512 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
513 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
514 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
515 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
518 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
520 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
523 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
524 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
525 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
526 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
527 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
528 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
529 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
530 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
531 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
533 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
534 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
535 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
536 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
537 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
538 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
539 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
540 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
541 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
543 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
544 file, closes: Bug#65764
546 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
548 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
550 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
551 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
552 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
553 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
554 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
555 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
556 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
557 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
558 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
559 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
560 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
561 details. closes: Bug#133030
562 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
563 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
566 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
568 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
570 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
571 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
572 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
573 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
574 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
575 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
576 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
577 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
578 not. closes: Bug#139820
579 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
580 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
581 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
582 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
583 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
584 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
585 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
586 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
587 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
588 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
590 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
592 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
593 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
594 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
595 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
596 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
597 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
598 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
599 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
600 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
601 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
602 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
603 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
604 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
605 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
606 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
607 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
608 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
609 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
610 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
611 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
613 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
614 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
615 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
616 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
617 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
618 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
619 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
621 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
622 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
623 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
624 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
625 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
626 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
627 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
628 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
629 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
631 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
633 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
635 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
636 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
637 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
638 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
639 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
640 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
641 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
642 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
643 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
644 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
645 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
646 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
647 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
648 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
649 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
650 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
651 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
652 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
653 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
654 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
655 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
656 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
657 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
659 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
661 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
663 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
664 medium, high, emergency.
665 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
666 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
667 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
668 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
669 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
672 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
673 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
674 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
676 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
677 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
678 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
679 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
680 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
681 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
682 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
685 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
687 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
689 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
690 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
691 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
692 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
694 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
695 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
696 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
697 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
698 debian/rules to do this
699 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
700 patches are incorporated upstream
701 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
702 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
703 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
704 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
705 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
706 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
708 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
709 system closes: Bug#91249
710 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
711 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
712 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
713 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
714 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
715 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
716 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
717 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
718 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
719 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
720 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
721 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
722 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
724 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
726 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
728 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
729 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
730 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
731 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
733 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
734 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
735 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
737 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
740 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
742 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
744 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
745 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
746 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
747 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
748 package for the time being
749 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
750 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
751 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
752 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
753 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
754 * Rename all .text files as .txt
755 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
756 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
757 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
758 Build-Depends arch syntax
759 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
761 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
762 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
764 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
765 from policy maintenance duties.
766 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
767 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
769 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
771 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
773 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
775 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
777 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
779 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
780 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
781 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
782 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
783 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
784 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
785 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
786 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
787 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
788 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
789 minor version number for this
790 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
791 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
792 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
793 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
794 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
795 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
796 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
797 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
798 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
800 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
802 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
804 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
805 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
806 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
807 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
808 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
810 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
812 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
813 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
814 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
815 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
816 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
817 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
818 xutils closes: Bug#82966
819 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
820 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
821 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
822 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
823 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
824 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
825 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
826 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
827 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
830 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
832 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
834 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
835 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
837 * Document the Enhances relationship
838 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
839 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
840 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
841 policy. closes: Bug#53496
842 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
843 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
845 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
847 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
848 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
849 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
850 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
852 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
853 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
854 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
855 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
856 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
858 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
860 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
862 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
863 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
864 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
866 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
867 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
868 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
869 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
870 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
871 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
872 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
873 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
874 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
876 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
878 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
880 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
882 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
883 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
884 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
885 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
886 policy. closes: Bug#64437
887 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
888 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
889 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
890 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
891 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
892 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
893 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
894 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
895 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
896 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
897 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
898 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
899 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
900 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
901 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
902 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
903 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
905 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
906 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
908 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
910 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
912 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
913 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
914 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
915 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
916 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
917 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
918 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
919 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
920 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
921 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
922 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
923 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
924 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
925 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
926 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
927 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
928 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
929 alternative closes: Bug#53755
930 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
931 list closes: Bug#53756
932 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
933 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
934 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
935 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
936 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
937 policy closes: Bug#53760
938 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
939 policy closes: Bug#53761
940 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
941 that use X closes: Bug#53762
942 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
943 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
944 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
945 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
946 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
947 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
948 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
949 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
950 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
952 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
953 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
954 to install with older fileutils.
955 * Installed FHS version 2.1
956 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
957 * Added FHS details to copyright file
958 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
960 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
961 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
963 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
965 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
967 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
968 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
970 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
972 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
974 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
975 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
977 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
980 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
982 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
983 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
985 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
987 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
989 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
991 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
992 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
994 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
996 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
998 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
999 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1000 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1001 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1002 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1003 directoried (closes: #41547)
1004 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1005 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1006 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1007 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1008 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1009 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1010 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1011 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1012 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1013 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1014 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1016 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1017 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1018 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1019 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1020 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1021 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1022 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1024 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1025 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1026 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1027 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1029 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1031 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1033 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1034 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1036 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1038 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1040 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1041 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1043 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1045 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1047 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1048 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1050 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1051 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1052 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1053 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1054 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1055 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1056 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1057 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1058 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1059 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1060 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1061 this closes: Bug#38612
1062 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1063 before. closes: Bug#40864
1065 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1067 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1069 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1070 officially uploaded.
1071 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1073 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1074 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1075 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1077 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1078 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1079 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1080 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1081 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1082 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1084 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1085 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1086 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1088 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1090 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1091 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1092 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1093 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1094 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1096 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1098 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1100 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1101 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1102 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1103 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1104 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1105 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1106 there). closes: Bug#34233
1107 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1108 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1109 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1110 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1111 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1113 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1115 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1117 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1118 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1119 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1120 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1123 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1124 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1125 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1126 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1127 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1130 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1131 number. closes: BUG#25911
1133 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1134 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1135 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1136 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1137 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1138 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1140 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1141 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1142 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1145 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1146 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1147 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1149 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1150 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1151 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1152 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1154 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1155 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1156 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1158 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1160 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1161 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1162 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1163 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1164 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1165 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1166 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1167 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1170 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1172 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1173 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1176 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1178 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1180 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1182 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1184 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1186 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1187 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1188 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1189 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1190 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1191 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1192 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1193 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1195 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1196 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1198 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1200 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1202 * non-maintainer release
1203 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1204 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1206 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1207 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1208 * no content changes
1209 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1211 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1213 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1217 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1219 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1221 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1223 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1224 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1225 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1227 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1228 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1230 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1231 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1232 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1233 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1235 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1236 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1237 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1238 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1239 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1240 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1241 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1243 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1244 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1245 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1248 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1249 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1250 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1252 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1253 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1254 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1256 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1257 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1259 * New version numbering scheme:
1261 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1262 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1263 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1266 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1267 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1268 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1269 differ between the manuals.
1271 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1272 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1273 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1274 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1276 * Packaging changes:
1278 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1279 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1281 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1283 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1285 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1287 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1289 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1290 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1291 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1293 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1294 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1297 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1298 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1299 file extension as the referenced file
1301 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1302 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1304 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1305 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1306 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1307 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1310 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1311 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1312 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1314 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1315 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1316 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1317 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1320 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1321 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1324 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1325 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1326 reasonable default configuration
1328 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1329 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1330 by all news servers and clients
1332 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1333 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1334 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1335 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1336 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1338 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1339 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1342 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1344 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1345 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1347 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1350 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1351 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1353 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1354 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1356 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1358 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1360 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1362 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1363 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1364 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1365 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1367 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1369 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1370 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1371 * Don't use debstd anymore
1373 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1375 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1377 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1378 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1379 contrib/non-free policy
1380 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1381 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1382 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1383 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1384 - new section about `Daemons'
1385 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1386 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1387 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1388 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1389 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1390 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1391 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1392 * SGML source code included in package
1393 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1395 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1397 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1399 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1400 - completely reworked structure
1401 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1402 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1403 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1404 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1405 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1406 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1407 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1408 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1409 - mention "orphaned packages"
1410 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1411 distributions' policy
1412 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1413 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1414 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1415 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1416 - added section about arch spec strings
1417 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1418 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1419 - added section about "menus"
1420 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1421 the new documentation policy soon
1422 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1423 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1425 - added section about editors and pagers
1426 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1427 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1428 - added section about device files
1429 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1430 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1431 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1433 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1434 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1435 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1436 - Added new section about obsolete names
1437 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1438 * Fixed package's description
1440 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1442 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1444 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1446 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1448 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1450 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1451 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1452 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1453 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1455 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1457 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1459 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1460 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1461 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1463 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1464 and upload it "byhand" too.
1466 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1468 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1471 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1472 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1473 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1474 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1475 functionality must not have the same name.
1476 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1477 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1478 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1479 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1480 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1481 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1482 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1484 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1485 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1486 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1487 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1488 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1489 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1490 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1491 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1494 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1496 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1498 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1500 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1501 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1502 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1503 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1504 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1507 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1509 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1511 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1513 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1514 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1515 description of deb file format.
1516 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1517 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1519 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1521 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1522 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1524 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1526 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1528 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1529 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1530 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1531 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1532 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1533 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1534 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1535 packages in section on Procedure
1536 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1537 a package maintainer
1538 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1539 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1540 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1542 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1543 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1544 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1545 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1546 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1547 on various shlib files
1548 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1549 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1550 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1552 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1554 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1556 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1557 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1558 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1560 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1561 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1562 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1563 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1564 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1566 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1568 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1570 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1572 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1574 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1575 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1576 compatibility go in contrib.
1578 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1579 instructions in policy manual.
1580 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1583 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1585 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1587 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1588 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1589 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1590 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1592 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1593 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1596 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1598 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1600 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1601 * More detail about changelog format names.
1603 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1604 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1608 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1610 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1612 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1614 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1616 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1618 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1620 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1622 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1623 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1624 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1626 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1628 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1630 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1632 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1634 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1638 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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