1 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
5 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
7 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
8 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
9 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
11 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
12 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
13 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
14 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
15 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
16 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
18 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
19 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
20 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
22 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
24 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
25 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
26 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
27 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
28 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
30 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
32 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
34 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
35 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
36 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
37 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
38 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
39 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
40 there). closes: Bug#34233
41 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
42 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
43 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
44 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
45 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
47 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
49 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
51 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
52 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
53 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
54 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
57 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
58 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
59 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
60 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
61 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
64 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
65 number. closes: BUG#25911
67 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
68 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
69 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
70 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
71 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
72 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
74 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
75 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
76 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
79 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
80 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
81 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
83 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
84 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
85 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
86 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
88 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
89 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
90 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
92 * Make the package optional, not extra.
94 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
95 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
96 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
97 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
98 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
99 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
100 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
101 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
104 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
106 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
107 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
110 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
112 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
114 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
116 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
118 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
120 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
121 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
122 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
123 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
124 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
125 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
126 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
127 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
129 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
130 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
132 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
134 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
136 * non-maintainer release
137 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
138 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
140 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
141 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
143 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
145 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
147 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
151 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
153 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
155 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
157 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
158 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
159 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
161 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
162 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
164 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
165 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
166 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
167 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
169 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
170 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
171 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
172 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
173 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
174 and restart options and to comply with the console message
175 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
177 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
178 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
179 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
182 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
183 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
184 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
186 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
187 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
188 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
190 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
191 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
193 * New version numbering scheme:
195 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
196 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
197 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
200 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
201 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
202 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
203 differ between the manuals.
205 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
206 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
207 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
208 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
212 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
213 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
215 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
217 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
219 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
221 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
223 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
224 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
225 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
227 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
228 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
231 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
232 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
233 file extension as the referenced file
235 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
236 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
238 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
239 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
240 start, stop, restart, force-reload
241 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
244 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
245 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
246 be installed into /etc/cron.d
248 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
249 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
250 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
251 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
254 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
255 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
258 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
259 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
260 reasonable default configuration
262 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
263 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
264 by all news servers and clients
266 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
267 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
268 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
269 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
270 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
272 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
273 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
276 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
278 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
279 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
281 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
284 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
285 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
287 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
288 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
290 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
292 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
294 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
296 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
297 - X library package is now called xlib6g
298 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
299 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
301 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
303 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
304 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
305 * Don't use debstd anymore
307 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
309 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
311 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
312 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
313 contrib/non-free policy
314 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
315 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
316 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
317 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
318 - new section about `Daemons'
319 - updated section about `Configuration files'
320 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
321 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
322 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
323 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
324 * Paper about libc6 migration:
325 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
326 * SGML source code included in package
327 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
329 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
331 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
333 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
334 - completely reworked structure
335 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
336 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
337 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
338 - removed all those ugly footnotes
339 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
340 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
341 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
342 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
343 - mention "orphaned packages"
344 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
345 distributions' policy
346 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
347 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
348 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
349 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
350 - added section about arch spec strings
351 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
352 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
353 - added section about "menus"
354 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
355 the new documentation policy soon
356 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
357 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
359 - added section about editors and pagers
360 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
361 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
362 - added section about device files
363 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
364 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
365 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
367 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
368 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
369 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
370 - Added new section about obsolete names
371 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
372 * Fixed package's description
374 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
376 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
378 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
380 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
382 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
384 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
385 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
386 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
387 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
389 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
391 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
393 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
394 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
395 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
397 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
398 and upload it "byhand" too.
400 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
402 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
405 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
406 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
407 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
408 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
409 functionality must not have the same name.
410 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
411 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
412 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
413 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
414 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
415 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
416 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
418 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
419 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
420 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
421 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
422 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
423 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
424 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
425 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
428 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
430 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
432 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
434 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
435 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
436 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
437 a package into. (Guy Maor)
438 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
441 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
443 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
445 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
447 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
448 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
449 description of deb file format.
450 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
451 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
453 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
455 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
456 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
458 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
460 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
462 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
463 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
464 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
465 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
466 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
467 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
468 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
469 packages in section on Procedure
470 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
472 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
473 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
474 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
476 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
477 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
478 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
479 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
480 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
481 on various shlib files
482 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
483 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
484 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
486 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
488 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
490 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
491 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
492 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
494 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
495 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
496 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
497 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
498 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
500 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
502 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
504 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
506 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
508 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
509 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
510 compatibility go in contrib.
512 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
513 instructions in policy manual.
514 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
517 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
519 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
521 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
522 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
523 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
524 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
526 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
527 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
530 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
532 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
534 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
535 * More detail about changelog format names.
537 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
538 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
542 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
544 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
546 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
548 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
550 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
552 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
554 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
556 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
557 * More verbosity about netiquette.
558 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
560 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
562 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
564 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
566 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
568 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
572 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
575 mode: debian-changelog
576 add-log-mailing-address: "phil@hands.com"