1 debian-policy (3.7.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
4 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
5 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
7 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
9 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
10 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
11 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
12 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
13 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
14 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
15 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
17 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
18 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
19 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
20 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
21 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
22 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
23 currently part of policy.
24 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
28 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
30 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
31 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
32 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
33 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
34 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
35 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
36 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
37 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
38 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
39 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
40 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
41 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
42 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
43 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
44 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
45 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
47 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
49 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
50 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
51 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
53 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
54 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
55 list?" (Closes: #412634).
56 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
57 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
58 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
59 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
60 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
61 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
62 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
63 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
64 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
65 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
66 debconf specification.
67 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
68 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
70 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
72 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
74 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
75 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
76 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
77 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
78 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
80 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
82 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
83 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
84 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
85 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
86 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
88 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
89 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
90 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
91 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
92 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
93 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
94 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
95 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
96 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
97 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
98 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
99 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
100 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
101 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
102 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
103 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
105 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
107 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
108 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
109 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
110 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
111 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
112 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
113 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
114 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
116 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
118 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
120 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
121 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
122 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
123 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
124 Polo (Closes: #372497).
125 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
126 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
128 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
129 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
130 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
131 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
132 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
133 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
134 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
135 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
136 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
137 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
139 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
140 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
141 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
142 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
143 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
144 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
146 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
148 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
150 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
151 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
152 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
153 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
155 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
156 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
158 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
160 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
162 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
163 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
164 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
165 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
166 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
167 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
168 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
169 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
170 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
171 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
173 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
174 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
175 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
176 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
177 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
178 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
179 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
180 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
181 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
182 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
183 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
186 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
188 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
190 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
191 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
192 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
193 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
194 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
195 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
196 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
197 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
198 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
199 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
200 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
201 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
202 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
203 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
204 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
205 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
206 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
207 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
208 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
209 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
210 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
211 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
212 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
213 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
214 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
215 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
216 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
217 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
219 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
220 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
221 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
222 Hess (Closes: #362247).
223 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
224 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
225 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
226 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
227 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
228 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
229 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
230 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
231 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
232 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
233 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
234 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
236 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
237 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
239 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
240 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
241 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
242 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
243 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
244 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
245 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
246 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
247 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
248 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
249 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
251 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
253 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
256 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
257 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
258 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
259 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
260 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
261 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
262 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
263 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
264 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
265 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
266 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
267 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
268 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
270 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
271 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
272 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
273 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
274 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
275 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
276 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
277 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
278 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
279 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
280 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
281 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
282 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
283 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
284 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
285 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
286 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
287 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
288 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
291 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
293 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
295 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
296 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
297 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
298 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
300 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
301 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
302 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
303 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
305 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
307 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
310 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
311 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
312 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
313 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
314 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
315 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
316 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
317 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
318 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
319 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
321 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
322 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
323 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
325 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
326 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
327 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
328 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
329 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
330 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
331 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
333 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
334 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
335 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
336 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
338 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
339 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
340 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
341 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
342 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
343 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
344 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
345 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
347 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
348 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
349 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
350 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
351 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
352 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
353 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
354 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
355 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
356 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
357 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
358 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
359 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
360 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
361 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
362 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
363 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
365 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
367 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
370 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
371 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
372 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
373 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
374 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
375 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
376 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
377 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
378 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
380 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
381 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
382 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
383 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
384 this section. closes: Bug#248618
385 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
386 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
387 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
388 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
389 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
390 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
391 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
392 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
393 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
394 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
395 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
396 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
398 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
399 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
400 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
403 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
404 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
405 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
407 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
408 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
409 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
410 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
411 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
412 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
414 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
415 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
417 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
418 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
419 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
420 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
421 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
422 Closes: #185943, #237049
424 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
426 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
429 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
432 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
433 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
434 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
435 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
436 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
437 running. closes: Bug#187250
438 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
439 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
440 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
441 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
442 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
443 user closes: Bug#176506
445 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
447 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
450 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
451 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
452 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
453 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
454 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
455 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
456 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
457 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
458 deb-building toolchain.
459 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
460 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
461 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
462 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
463 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
464 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
465 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
466 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
467 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
468 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
469 sections about changelog files.
471 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
472 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
473 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
474 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
475 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
476 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
478 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
479 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
480 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
481 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
482 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
483 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
484 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
485 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
486 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
487 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
488 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
489 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
490 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
491 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
492 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
493 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
494 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
495 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
496 for the restructuring
498 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
500 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
503 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
505 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
506 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
507 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
508 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
509 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
510 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
512 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
513 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
514 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
515 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
516 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
517 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
518 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
520 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
521 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
522 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
523 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
525 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
527 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
530 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
531 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
532 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
533 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
534 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
535 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
537 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
538 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
539 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
540 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
542 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
543 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
544 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
545 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
546 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
547 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
548 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
549 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
550 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
552 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
553 script should start it, closes: #60979
554 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
555 "should", closes: #170019
556 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
557 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
558 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
559 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
560 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
561 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
562 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
563 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
566 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
568 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
571 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
572 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
573 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
574 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
575 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
576 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
577 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
578 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
579 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
581 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
582 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
583 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
584 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
585 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
586 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
587 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
588 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
589 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
591 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
592 file, closes: Bug#65764
594 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
596 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
598 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
599 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
600 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
601 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
602 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
603 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
604 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
605 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
606 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
607 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
608 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
609 details. closes: Bug#133030
610 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
611 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
614 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
616 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
618 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
619 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
620 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
621 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
622 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
623 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
624 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
625 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
626 not. closes: Bug#139820
627 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
628 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
629 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
630 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
631 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
632 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
633 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
634 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
635 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
636 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
638 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
640 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
641 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
642 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
643 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
644 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
645 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
646 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
647 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
648 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
649 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
650 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
651 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
652 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
653 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
654 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
655 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
656 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
657 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
658 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
659 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
661 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
662 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
663 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
664 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
665 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
666 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
667 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
669 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
670 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
671 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
672 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
673 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
674 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
675 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
676 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
677 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
679 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
681 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
683 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
684 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
685 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
686 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
687 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
688 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
689 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
690 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
691 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
692 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
693 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
694 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
695 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
696 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
697 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
698 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
699 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
700 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
701 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
702 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
703 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
704 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
705 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
707 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
709 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
711 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
712 medium, high, emergency.
713 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
714 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
715 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
716 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
717 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
720 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
721 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
722 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
724 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
725 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
726 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
727 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
728 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
729 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
730 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
733 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
735 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
737 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
738 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
739 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
740 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
742 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
743 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
744 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
745 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
746 debian/rules to do this
747 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
748 patches are incorporated upstream
749 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
750 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
751 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
752 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
753 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
754 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
756 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
757 system closes: Bug#91249
758 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
759 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
760 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
761 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
762 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
763 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
764 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
765 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
766 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
767 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
768 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
769 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
770 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
772 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
774 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
776 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
777 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
778 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
779 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
781 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
782 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
783 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
785 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
788 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
790 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
792 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
793 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
794 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
795 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
796 package for the time being
797 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
798 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
799 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
800 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
801 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
802 * Rename all .text files as .txt
803 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
804 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
805 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
806 Build-Depends arch syntax
807 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
809 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
810 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
812 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
813 from policy maintenance duties.
814 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
815 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
817 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
819 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
821 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
823 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
825 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
827 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
828 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
829 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
830 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
831 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
832 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
833 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
834 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
835 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
836 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
837 minor version number for this
838 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
839 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
840 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
841 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
842 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
843 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
844 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
845 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
846 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
848 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
850 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
852 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
853 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
854 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
855 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
856 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
858 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
860 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
861 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
862 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
863 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
864 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
865 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
866 xutils closes: Bug#82966
867 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
868 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
869 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
870 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
871 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
872 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
873 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
874 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
875 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
878 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
880 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
882 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
883 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
885 * Document the Enhances relationship
886 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
887 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
888 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
889 policy. closes: Bug#53496
890 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
891 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
893 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
895 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
896 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
897 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
898 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
900 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
901 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
902 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
903 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
904 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
906 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
908 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
910 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
911 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
912 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
914 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
915 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
916 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
917 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
918 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
919 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
920 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
921 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
922 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
924 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
926 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
928 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
930 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
931 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
932 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
933 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
934 policy. closes: Bug#64437
935 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
936 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
937 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
938 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
939 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
940 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
941 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
942 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
943 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
944 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
945 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
946 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
947 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
948 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
949 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
950 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
951 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
953 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
954 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
956 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
958 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
960 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
961 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
962 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
963 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
964 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
965 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
966 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
967 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
968 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
969 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
970 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
971 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
972 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
973 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
974 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
975 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
976 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
977 alternative closes: Bug#53755
978 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
979 list closes: Bug#53756
980 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
981 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
982 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
983 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
984 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
985 policy closes: Bug#53760
986 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
987 policy closes: Bug#53761
988 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
989 that use X closes: Bug#53762
990 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
991 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
992 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
993 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
994 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
995 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
996 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
997 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
998 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1000 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1001 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1002 to install with older fileutils.
1003 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1004 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1005 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1006 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1008 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1009 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1011 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1013 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1015 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1016 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1018 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1020 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1022 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1023 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1025 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1028 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1030 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1031 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1033 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1035 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1037 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1039 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1040 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1042 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1044 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1046 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1047 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1048 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1049 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1050 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1051 directoried (closes: #41547)
1052 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1053 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1054 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1055 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1056 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1057 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1058 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1059 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1060 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1061 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1062 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1064 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1065 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1066 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1067 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1068 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1069 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1070 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1072 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1073 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1074 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1075 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1077 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1079 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1081 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1082 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1084 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1086 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1088 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1089 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1091 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1093 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1095 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1096 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1098 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1099 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1100 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1101 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1102 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1103 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1104 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1105 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1106 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1107 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1108 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1109 this closes: Bug#38612
1110 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1111 before. closes: Bug#40864
1113 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1115 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1117 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1118 officially uploaded.
1119 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1121 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1122 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1123 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1125 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1126 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1127 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1128 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1129 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1130 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1132 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1133 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1134 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1136 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1138 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1139 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1140 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1141 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1142 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1144 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1146 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1148 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1149 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1150 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1151 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1152 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1153 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1154 there). closes: Bug#34233
1155 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1156 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1157 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1158 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1159 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1161 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1163 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1165 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1166 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1167 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1168 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1171 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1172 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1173 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1174 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1175 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1178 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1179 number. closes: BUG#25911
1181 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1182 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1183 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1184 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1185 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1186 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1188 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1189 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1190 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1193 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1194 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1195 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1197 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1198 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1199 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1200 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1202 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1203 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1204 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1206 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1208 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1209 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1210 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1211 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1212 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1213 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1214 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1215 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1218 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1220 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1221 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1224 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1226 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1228 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1230 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1232 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1234 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1235 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1236 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1237 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1238 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1239 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1240 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1241 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1243 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1244 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1246 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1248 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1250 * non-maintainer release
1251 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1252 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1254 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1255 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1256 * no content changes
1257 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1259 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1261 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1265 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1267 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1269 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1271 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1272 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1273 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1275 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1276 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1278 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1279 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1280 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1281 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1283 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1284 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1285 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1286 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1287 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1288 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1289 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1291 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1292 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1293 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1296 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1297 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1298 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1300 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1301 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1302 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1304 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1305 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1307 * New version numbering scheme:
1309 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1310 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1311 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1314 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1315 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1316 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1317 differ between the manuals.
1319 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1320 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1321 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1322 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1324 * Packaging changes:
1326 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1327 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1329 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1331 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1333 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1335 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1337 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1338 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1339 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1341 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1342 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1345 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1346 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1347 file extension as the referenced file
1349 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1350 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1352 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1353 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1354 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1355 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1358 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1359 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1360 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1362 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1363 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1364 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1365 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1368 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1369 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1372 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1373 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1374 reasonable default configuration
1376 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1377 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1378 by all news servers and clients
1380 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1381 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1382 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1383 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1384 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1386 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1387 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1390 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1392 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1393 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1395 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1398 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1399 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1401 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1402 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1404 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1406 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1408 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1410 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1411 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1412 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1413 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1415 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1417 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1418 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1419 * Don't use debstd anymore
1421 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1423 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1425 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1426 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1427 contrib/non-free policy
1428 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1429 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1430 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1431 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1432 - new section about `Daemons'
1433 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1434 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1435 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1436 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1437 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1438 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1439 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1440 * SGML source code included in package
1441 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1443 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1445 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1447 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1448 - completely reworked structure
1449 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1450 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1451 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1452 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1453 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1454 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1455 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1456 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1457 - mention "orphaned packages"
1458 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1459 distributions' policy
1460 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1461 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1462 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1463 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1464 - added section about arch spec strings
1465 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1466 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1467 - added section about "menus"
1468 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1469 the new documentation policy soon
1470 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1471 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1473 - added section about editors and pagers
1474 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1475 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1476 - added section about device files
1477 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1478 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1479 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1481 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1482 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1483 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1484 - Added new section about obsolete names
1485 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1486 * Fixed package's description
1488 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1490 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1492 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1494 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1496 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1498 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1499 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1500 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1501 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1503 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1505 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1507 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1508 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1509 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1511 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1512 and upload it "byhand" too.
1514 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1516 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1519 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1520 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1521 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1522 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1523 functionality must not have the same name.
1524 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1525 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1526 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1527 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1528 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1529 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1530 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1532 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1533 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1534 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1535 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1536 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1537 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1538 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1539 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1542 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1544 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1546 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1548 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1549 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1550 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1551 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1552 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1555 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1557 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1559 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1561 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1562 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1563 description of deb file format.
1564 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1565 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1567 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1569 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1570 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1572 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1574 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1576 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1577 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1578 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1579 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1580 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1581 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1582 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1583 packages in section on Procedure
1584 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1585 a package maintainer
1586 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1587 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1588 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1590 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1591 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1592 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1593 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1594 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1595 on various shlib files
1596 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1597 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1598 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1600 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1602 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1604 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1605 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1606 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1608 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1609 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1610 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1611 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1612 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1614 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1616 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1618 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1620 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1622 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1623 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1624 compatibility go in contrib.
1626 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1627 instructions in policy manual.
1628 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1631 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1633 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1635 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1636 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1637 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1638 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1640 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1641 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1644 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1646 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1648 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1649 * More detail about changelog format names.
1651 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1652 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1656 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1658 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1660 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1662 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1664 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1666 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1668 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1670 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1671 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1672 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1674 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1676 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1678 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1680 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1682 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1686 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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