1 debian-policy (3.5.9.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
6 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
7 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
9 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
10 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
11 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
12 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
13 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the url as it
14 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
15 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
17 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
18 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
19 footnotre (quoting from the jargon file) to explain what "by hand"
20 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
24 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
27 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
28 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
29 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
30 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
31 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
32 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
34 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
35 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
36 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
37 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
39 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
40 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
41 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
42 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
43 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
44 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
45 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
46 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
47 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
49 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
50 script should start it, closes: #60979
51 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
52 "should", closes: #170019
53 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
54 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
55 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
56 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
57 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
58 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
59 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
60 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
63 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
65 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
68 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
69 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
70 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
71 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
72 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
73 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
74 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
75 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
76 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
78 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
79 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
80 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
81 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
82 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
83 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
84 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
85 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
86 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
88 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
89 file, closes: Bug#65764
91 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
93 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
95 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
96 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
97 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
98 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
99 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
100 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
101 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
102 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
103 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
104 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
105 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
106 details. closes: Bug#133030
107 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
108 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
111 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
113 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
115 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
116 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
117 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
118 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
119 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
120 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
121 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
122 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
123 not. closes: Bug#139820
124 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
125 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
126 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
127 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
128 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
129 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
130 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
131 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
132 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
133 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
135 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
137 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
138 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
139 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
140 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
141 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
142 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
143 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
144 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
145 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
146 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
147 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
148 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
149 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
150 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
151 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
152 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
153 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
154 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
155 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
156 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
158 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
159 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
160 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
161 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
162 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
163 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
164 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
166 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
167 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
168 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
169 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
170 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
171 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
172 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
173 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
174 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
176 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
178 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
180 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
181 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
182 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
183 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
184 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
185 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
186 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
187 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
188 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
189 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
190 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
191 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
192 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
193 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
194 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
195 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
196 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
197 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
198 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
199 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
200 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
201 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
202 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
204 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
206 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
208 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
209 medium, high, emergency.
210 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
211 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
212 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
213 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
214 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
217 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
218 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
219 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
221 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
222 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
223 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
224 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
225 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
226 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
227 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
230 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
232 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
234 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
235 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
236 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
237 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
239 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
240 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
241 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
242 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
243 debian/rules to do this
244 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
245 patches are incorporated upstream
246 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
247 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
248 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
249 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
250 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
251 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
253 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
254 system closes: Bug#91249
255 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
256 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
257 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
258 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
259 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
260 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
261 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
262 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
263 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
264 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
265 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
266 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
267 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
269 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
271 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
273 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
274 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
275 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
276 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
278 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
279 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
280 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
282 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
285 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
287 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
289 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
290 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
291 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
292 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
293 package for the time being
294 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
295 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
296 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
297 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
298 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
299 * Rename all .text files as .txt
300 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
301 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
302 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
303 Build-Depends arch syntax
304 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
306 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
307 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
309 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
310 from policy maintenance duties.
311 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
312 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
314 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
316 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
318 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
320 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
322 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
324 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
325 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
326 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
327 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
328 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
329 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
330 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
331 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
332 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
333 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
334 minor version number for this
335 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
336 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
337 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
338 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
339 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
340 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
341 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
342 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
343 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
345 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
347 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
349 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
350 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
351 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
352 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
353 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
355 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
357 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
358 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
359 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
360 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
361 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
362 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
363 xutils closes: Bug#82966
364 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
365 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
366 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
367 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
368 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
369 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
370 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
371 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
372 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
375 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
377 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
379 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
380 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
382 * Document the Enhances relationship
383 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
384 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
385 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
386 policy. closes: Bug#53496
387 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
388 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
390 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
392 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
393 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
394 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
395 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
397 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
398 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
399 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
400 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
401 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
403 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
405 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
407 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
408 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
409 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
411 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
412 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
413 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
414 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
415 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
416 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
417 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
418 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
419 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
421 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
423 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
425 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
427 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
428 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
429 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
430 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
431 policy. closes: Bug#64437
432 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
433 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
434 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
435 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
436 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
437 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
438 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
439 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
440 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
441 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
442 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
443 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
444 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
445 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
446 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
447 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
448 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
450 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
451 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
453 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
455 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
457 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
458 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
459 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
460 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
461 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
462 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
463 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
464 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
465 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
466 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
467 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
468 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
469 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
470 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
471 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
472 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
473 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
474 alternative closes: Bug#53755
475 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
476 list closes: Bug#53756
477 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
478 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
479 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
480 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
481 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
482 policy closes: Bug#53760
483 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
484 policy closes: Bug#53761
485 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
486 that use X closes: Bug#53762
487 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
488 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
489 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
490 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
491 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
492 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
493 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
494 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
495 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
497 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
498 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
499 to install with older fileutils.
500 * Installed FHS version 2.1
501 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
502 * Added FHS details to copyright file
503 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
505 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
506 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
508 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
510 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
512 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
513 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
515 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
517 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
519 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
520 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
522 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
525 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
527 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
528 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
530 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
532 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
534 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
536 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
537 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
539 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
541 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
543 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
544 #45561, #42447, #48570)
545 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
546 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
547 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
548 directoried (closes: #41547)
549 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
550 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
551 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
552 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
553 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
554 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
555 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
556 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
557 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
558 package criteria (closes: #45318)
559 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
561 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
562 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
563 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
564 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
565 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
566 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
567 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
569 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
570 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
571 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
572 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
574 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
576 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
578 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
579 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
581 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
583 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
585 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
586 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
588 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
590 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
592 * A few typos and omissions corrected
593 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
595 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
596 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
597 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
598 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
599 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
600 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
601 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
602 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
603 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
604 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
605 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
606 this closes: Bug#38612
607 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
608 before. closes: Bug#40864
610 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
612 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
614 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
616 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
618 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
619 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
620 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
622 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
623 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
624 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
625 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
626 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
627 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
629 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
630 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
631 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
633 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
635 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
636 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
637 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
638 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
639 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
641 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
643 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
645 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
646 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
647 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
648 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
649 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
650 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
651 there). closes: Bug#34233
652 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
653 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
654 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
655 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
656 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
658 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
660 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
662 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
663 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
664 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
665 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
668 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
669 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
670 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
671 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
672 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
675 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
676 number. closes: BUG#25911
678 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
679 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
680 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
681 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
682 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
683 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
685 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
686 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
687 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
690 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
691 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
692 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
694 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
695 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
696 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
697 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
699 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
700 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
701 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
703 * Make the package optional, not extra.
705 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
706 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
707 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
708 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
709 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
710 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
711 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
712 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
715 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
717 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
718 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
721 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
723 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
725 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
727 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
729 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
731 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
732 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
733 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
734 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
735 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
736 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
737 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
738 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
740 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
741 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
743 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
745 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
747 * non-maintainer release
748 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
749 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
751 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
752 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
754 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
756 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
758 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
762 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
764 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
766 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
768 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
769 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
770 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
772 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
773 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
775 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
776 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
777 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
778 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
780 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
781 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
782 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
783 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
784 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
785 and restart options and to comply with the console message
786 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
788 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
789 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
790 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
793 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
794 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
795 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
797 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
798 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
799 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
801 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
802 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
804 * New version numbering scheme:
806 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
807 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
808 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
811 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
812 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
813 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
814 differ between the manuals.
816 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
817 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
818 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
819 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
823 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
824 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
826 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
828 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
830 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
832 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
834 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
835 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
836 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
838 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
839 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
842 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
843 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
844 file extension as the referenced file
846 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
847 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
849 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
850 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
851 start, stop, restart, force-reload
852 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
855 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
856 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
857 be installed into /etc/cron.d
859 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
860 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
861 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
862 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
865 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
866 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
869 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
870 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
871 reasonable default configuration
873 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
874 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
875 by all news servers and clients
877 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
878 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
879 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
880 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
881 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
883 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
884 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
887 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
889 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
890 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
892 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
895 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
896 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
898 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
899 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
901 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
903 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
905 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
907 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
908 - X library package is now called xlib6g
909 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
910 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
912 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
914 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
915 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
916 * Don't use debstd anymore
918 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
920 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
922 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
923 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
924 contrib/non-free policy
925 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
926 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
927 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
928 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
929 - new section about `Daemons'
930 - updated section about `Configuration files'
931 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
932 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
933 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
934 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
935 * Paper about libc6 migration:
936 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
937 * SGML source code included in package
938 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
940 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
942 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
944 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
945 - completely reworked structure
946 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
947 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
948 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
949 - removed all those ugly footnotes
950 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
951 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
952 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
953 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
954 - mention "orphaned packages"
955 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
956 distributions' policy
957 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
958 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
959 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
960 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
961 - added section about arch spec strings
962 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
963 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
964 - added section about "menus"
965 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
966 the new documentation policy soon
967 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
968 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
970 - added section about editors and pagers
971 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
972 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
973 - added section about device files
974 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
975 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
976 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
978 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
979 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
980 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
981 - Added new section about obsolete names
982 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
983 * Fixed package's description
985 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
987 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
989 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
991 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
993 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
995 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
996 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
997 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
998 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1000 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1002 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1004 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1005 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1006 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1008 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1009 and upload it "byhand" too.
1011 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1013 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1016 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1017 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1018 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1019 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1020 functionality must not have the same name.
1021 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1022 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1023 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1024 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1025 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1026 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1027 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1029 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1030 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1031 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1032 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1033 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1034 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1035 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1036 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1039 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1041 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1043 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1045 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1046 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1047 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1048 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1049 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1052 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1054 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1056 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1058 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1059 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1060 description of deb file format.
1061 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1062 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1064 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1066 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1067 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1069 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1071 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1073 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1074 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1075 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1076 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1077 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1078 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1079 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1080 packages in section on Procedure
1081 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1082 a package maintainer
1083 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1084 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1085 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1087 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1088 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1089 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1090 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1091 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1092 on various shlib files
1093 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1094 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1095 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1097 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1099 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1101 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1102 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1103 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1105 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1106 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1107 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1108 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1109 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1111 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1113 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1115 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1117 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1119 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1120 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1121 compatibility go in contrib.
1123 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1124 instructions in policy manual.
1125 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1128 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1130 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1132 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1133 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1134 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1135 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1137 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1138 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1141 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1143 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1145 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1146 * More detail about changelog format names.
1148 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1149 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1153 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1155 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1157 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1159 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1161 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1163 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1165 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1167 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1168 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1169 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1171 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1173 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1175 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1177 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1179 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1183 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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