1 debian-policy (3.9.2.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Require human Maintainer or Uploader, clarify Maintainer
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
7 Closes: #459868, #581011
8 * Policy: Add an FHS exception on GNU/Hurd for /hurd and /servers
9 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
11 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
13 * Policy: Document DM-Upload-Allowed
14 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
16 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
18 * Policy: Update multiarch FHS exception for i386 naming
19 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
21 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
23 * Virtual: Added mailx as a new virtual package
24 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
28 * Be more verbose in defining the build architecture and the host
29 architecture and consistently refer to architecture rather than
30 machine. (Closes: #591857)
31 * Correct the name of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard in the package
32 description. Patch from Christoph Anton Mitterer. (Closes: #590696)
33 * Use the word "implemented" to describe required targets in
34 debian/rules, which is clearer about allowing wildcard rules. List
35 the required rules in their own paragraph rather than with the
36 paragraph discussing non-interactivity, and explicitly mark all rules
37 as either required or optional. (Closes: #536790)
38 * Update the ldconfig footnote listing the /etc/ld.so.conf directories
39 to remove the libc5 compatibility directories and mention the
40 multiarch triplet directories. Based on a patch by Charles Plessy.
42 * Add introductory paragraphs for each archive area explaining briefly
43 the purpose of that archive area. Based on a proposal by CJ
44 Fearnley. (Closes: #594542)
45 * Change all non-historical references to Debian GNU/Linux to simply
46 Debian since Debian now includes FreeBSD-based architectures. Patch
47 from Guillem Jover. (Closes: #594656)
48 * Remove references to the obsolete debmake package.
49 * Update the list of Policy maintainers.
50 * Wrap Uploaders in debian/control.
51 * Move Build-Depends-Indep to Build-Depends (there's no reason to use
52 -Indep in a package that builds only architecture-independent binary
53 packages), wrap it, and remove version restrictions that are older
54 than the version in oldstable.
55 * Add emacs23 to the build dependencies and remove the files generated
56 from org source from the revision control repository. Build and clean
57 files from org source unconditionally. Add Process.{txt,html} to the
58 list of files generated from org source. (Closes: #594274)
60 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:47:47 -0700
62 debian-policy (3.9.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
64 * Policy: Include GPL version 1 in common-licenses
65 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
66 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
67 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
68 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
70 * Policy: Libtool *.la files should generally not be installed
71 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
72 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
73 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
75 * Policy: Require dpkg-divert --package when adding/removing diversions
76 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
77 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
78 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
80 * Policy: Remove encouragement to create shlibs.local
81 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
82 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
83 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
84 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
85 * Policy: Document alternate SONAME format with version before .so
86 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
87 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
88 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
90 * Policy: Architecture wildcards also allowed in binary relationships
91 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
92 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
93 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
95 * Policy: Say Conflicts should not be used unless necessary
96 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
97 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
98 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
100 * Policy: Remove obsolete _REENTRANT, require thread-safe libraries
101 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
102 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
103 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
105 * Policy: Allow subdirectories of /usr/lib/cgi-bin to be used
106 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
107 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
108 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
110 * Policy: More specific requirements around date-based versions
111 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
112 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
113 Seconded: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
114 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
116 * Policy: Require slave alternatives for manual pages
117 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
118 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
119 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
120 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
122 * Policy: More explicit requirements around library SONAMEs
123 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
124 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
125 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
127 * Policy: Only dpkg-gencontrol supports variable substitutions
128 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
129 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
130 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
132 * Policy: Ada Library Information files must be read-only
133 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
134 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
135 Seconded: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
137 * Policy: Recommend /etc/logrotate.d/package for logrotate rules
138 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
140 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
142 * Policy: Allow /bin/sh scripts to rely on XSI for kill and trap
143 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
144 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
145 Seconded: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debian.org>
147 * Policy: Ownership and permissions for control information files
148 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
149 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
150 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
152 * Set the version of the Perl Policy to match the version of the Policy
154 * Explain the Perl module package naming policy more explicitly and
155 provide some examples. (Closes: #175202)
156 * Revise the footnote discussing shlibs creation to not talk about the
157 switch to objdump as if it were a new innovation and to explicitly
158 mention the NEEDED attribute as the source of dependency information.
159 * Introduce "control information file" to refer to the contents of the
160 Debian package control.tar.gz, following the dpkg documentation. Use
161 that terminology consistently, and change possibly confusing
162 references to fields in control files to use "control field"
164 * Document that the first line of the changelog entry is conventionally
165 an explanation for the upload if the uploader is not the regular
166 maintainer. Patch from Charles Plessy. (Closes: #589605)
167 * Fix typo in upgrading-checklist. (Closes: #588750)
168 * Fix formatting error in footnote to 7.7. (Closes: #589362)
169 * Remove ancient Conflicts and Replaces.
171 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:38:21 -0700
173 debian-policy (3.9.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
176 * Fix path to changelog.Debian.gz in footnote on documentation symlinks.
179 * Convert upgrading-checklist to debiandoc-sgml. This generates a better
182 * Fix typo in package_upstream-version.orig.tar.gz.
183 Thanks, Salvatore Bonaccorso. (Closes: #558430)
184 * Replace 'copyright and distribution license' by 'copyright information
185 and distribution license' (three times).
186 Proposed by Jonathan Nieder.
187 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
188 Seconded: Thijs Kinkhorst <thijs@debian.org>
189 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
190 Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
192 * extend UID range of user accounts by removing the 30000-59999 reserved
194 Proposed by Santiago Vila
195 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
196 Seconded: Luk Claes <luk@debian.org>
197 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
198 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
202 * Policy: Overhaul Breaks, Conflicts, Provides, and Replaces
203 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
204 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
205 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
207 * Policy: Support for architecture wildcards
208 Wording: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
209 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
210 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
211 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
212 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
214 * Policy: Except init.d scripts from the normal set -e requirement
215 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
216 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
217 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
219 * Policy: Maintainer scripts might not have a controlling terminal
220 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
221 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
222 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
223 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
225 * Policy: Fully specify the date format for changelog entries
226 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
227 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
228 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
229 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
231 * Policy: Deprecate /usr/share/common-licenses/BSD
232 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
233 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
234 Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jwilk@debian.org>
235 Seconded: gregor herrmann <gregoa@debian.org>
237 * Policy: Document Checksums-Sha1 and Checksums-Sha256
238 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu>
239 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
240 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
242 * Policy: Prohibit duplicate field names in a control paragraph
243 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
244 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
245 Seconded: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
246 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
248 * Policy: Relax requirement that library dev files be in one package
249 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
250 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
251 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
253 * Policy: Tighten requirements for maintainer-like fields
254 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
255 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu@debian.org>
256 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
258 * Policy: Update Format control field documentation
259 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
260 Wording: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
261 Seconded: Charles Plessy <plessy@debian.org>
262 Seconded: Emilio Pozuelo Monfort <pochu27@gmail.com>
264 * Debconf: Add SETTITLE, like title but uses a template
265 Wording: Frans Pop <elendil@planet.nl>
266 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
267 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
269 * Perl Policy: Change perlapi provides to use an ABI version
270 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
271 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
272 Seconded: Brendan O'Dea <bod@debian.org>
273 Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <dmn@debian.org>
275 * Perl Policy: Recommend DESTDIR instead of PREFIX with Makefile.PL
276 Wording: Niko Tyni <ntyni@debian.org>
277 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
278 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
280 * Standardize dpkg state wording and bring it in line with dpkg,
281 renaming Failed-Config to Half-Configured and use uniform
282 capitalization and punctuation. (Closes: #442134)
283 * Remove documentation of alternative changelog formats. This feature
284 is not allowed in the Debian archive and will be documented in the
285 dpkg-dev documentation instead. The documentation that was in Policy
286 was also somewhat outdated. (Closes: #555009, see #584141)
287 * Remove obsolete footnote sentence saying that dpkg-statoverride is a
288 new feature and not well-known. (Closes: #563425)
289 * Clarify in the Perl Policy that perl-base is essential, not perl, and
290 don't imply packages need to depend on perl-base. (Closes: #576594)
291 * Document the special debian-installer section in the list of current
292 sections and add a link to the list of sections in unstable, which
293 contains longer descriptions. (Closes: #577666)
294 * Remove the footnote listing every architecture known to dpkg. This
295 list can be trivially produced by dpkg-architecture -L (already
296 noted), is very long, and quickly becomes out-of-date.
297 * Move silly version ordering example to a footnote. (Closes: #560839)
298 * Reletter the process steps to not skip State C and use more
299 traditional foreground and background colors for Process.html and
300 README.html. (Closes: #584521)
301 * Fix typo in footnote about help2man. (Closes: #584796)
302 * Add an example for Replaces when a package is split. Thanks, Uwe
303 Kleine-König. (Closes: #572253)
304 * Explicitly state that packages may remove unmodified, obsolete
305 configuration files during upgrade. (Closes: #470633)
306 * Clarify the wording around which build dependencies must be satisfied
307 for different debian/rules targets and add a footnote to the
308 description of the build-arch and build-indep targets explaining why
309 this split does not currently work as desired. (Closes: #328951)
310 * Avoid "Debianised" or "Debianized" in favor of just "Debian" or
311 "Debian package" as appropriate. Patch from Ben Finney.
313 * Switch to source format 3.0 (native).
315 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 27 Jun 2010 21:40:52 -0700
317 debian-policy (3.8.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
320 * Also provide documents in single-file HTML format.
321 Proposed by Jari Aalto.
323 * Number the DFSG points like in the social_contract document.
324 Proposed by Enrico Zini.
328 * [b270d2d]: Typo fix: relayed -> related. Thanks to Matt Kraai for
331 Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch library directories
332 Wording: Steve Langasek.
333 Seconded: Aurelien Jarno
334 Seconded: Julien Cristau
335 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx
338 virtual package list: Added Doom virtual packages
339 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
340 Seconded: Russ Allbery
341 Seconded: Giacomo A. Catenazzi
344 README Process upgrading-checklist: Created/converted to org-mode
345 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
346 Seconded: Russ Allbery
348 * [4da0692]: [typo-fixes]:
349 policy: Fix a number of grammatical or typographical errors
350 wording: Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
351 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava
352 * [112c4bc]: FHS Exceptions
353 policy: Explicitly allow /selinux and /sys as FHS exceptions
354 Wording: Manoj Srivastava
355 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
356 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
358 This patch explicitly allows /sys and /selinux as additional
359 directories in the root file system allowed under the policy.
360 * [16afbcb]: Clarify ./debian/rules #! line
361 policy: Clarify rule for debian/rules shebang line
362 Wording: Ben Finney <ben+debian@benfinney.id.au>
363 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
364 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
365 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
366 Explicitly state that "make -f debian/rules" and "./debian/rules"
367 must behave identically, to prevent confusion, and to promote
368 reproducibility, and conform to the principle of least surprise.
369 * [dab93b2]: Add a cron-daemon virtual package
370 policy, virtual package list: New virtual package: cron-daemon
371 wording: Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Manoj Srivastava
372 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
373 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
375 Create a virtual cron daemon package that:
376 - Has to provide /usr/bin/crontab and support crontab entries
377 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.d
378 - Correct support of /etc/crontab
379 - Support of crontab entries with names for days and months,
381 - Correct execution of /etc/cron.{hourly,daily,weekly,monthly}
384 * Policy: Clarify policy on named pipes in packages
385 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
386 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
387 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
388 * Change the sole occurrence of MUST to must for consistency and to
389 avoid confusion with IETF RFC keywords. Thanks, Jakub Wilk.
392 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Wed, 27 Jan 2010 19:22:43 +0100
394 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
396 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
397 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
398 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
399 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
401 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
402 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
403 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
404 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
406 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
407 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
408 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
409 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
411 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
412 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
413 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
414 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
415 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
416 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
418 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
419 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
420 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
421 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
422 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
424 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
425 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
426 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
427 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
429 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
430 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
431 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
432 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
434 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
435 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
436 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
437 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
439 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
440 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
441 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
442 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
444 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
445 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
446 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
447 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
449 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
450 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
451 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
452 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
453 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
454 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
455 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
456 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
457 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
458 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
459 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
460 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
461 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
462 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
463 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
465 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
466 Source field descriptions.
467 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
468 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
469 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
470 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
471 description says otherwise.
473 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
475 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
478 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
479 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
480 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
481 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
482 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
483 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
485 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
486 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
487 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
488 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
490 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
491 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
492 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
493 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
495 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
496 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
497 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
498 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
500 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
501 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
502 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
503 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
507 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
508 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
509 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
510 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
511 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
513 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
514 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
515 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
516 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
518 * Add myself to Uploaders.
521 * Add myself to Uploaders.
522 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
524 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
525 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
526 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
528 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
530 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
532 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
533 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
534 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
535 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
537 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
538 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
539 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
540 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
542 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
543 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
544 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
545 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
547 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
548 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
549 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
550 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
552 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
553 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
554 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
555 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
557 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
558 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
559 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
560 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
562 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
563 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
564 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
565 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
567 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
568 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
569 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
570 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
572 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
573 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
574 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
575 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
577 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
578 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
579 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
580 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
582 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
583 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
584 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
585 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
586 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
588 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
589 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
590 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
591 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
592 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
593 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
594 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
595 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
596 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
597 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
598 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
599 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
600 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
601 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
602 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
603 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
604 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
605 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
606 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
607 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
608 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
609 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
610 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
611 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
612 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
613 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
614 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
615 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
616 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
617 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
619 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
620 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
621 links was completed long ago.
622 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
624 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
626 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
628 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
629 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
631 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
633 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
635 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
636 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
637 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
638 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
639 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
640 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
641 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
642 Millan (Closes: #209008).
643 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
644 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
646 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
648 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
650 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
651 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
652 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
653 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
654 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
655 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
656 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
658 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
659 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
660 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
661 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
663 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
664 Küster (Closes: #403391).
665 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
666 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
667 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
668 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
669 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
670 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
671 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
672 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
673 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
674 Closes: #186700, #458910
675 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
676 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
677 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
679 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
680 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
681 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
682 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
683 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
684 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
685 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
686 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
688 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
689 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
691 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
692 * Add an md5sums control file.
693 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
694 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
695 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
696 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
697 currently part of policy.
698 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
699 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
700 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
703 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
705 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
707 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
708 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
709 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
710 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
711 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
712 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
713 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
714 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
715 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
716 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
717 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
718 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
719 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
720 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
721 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
722 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
724 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
726 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
727 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
728 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
730 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
731 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
732 list?" (Closes: #412634).
733 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
734 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
735 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
736 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
737 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
738 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
739 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
740 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
741 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
742 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
743 debconf specification.
744 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
745 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
747 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
749 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
751 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
752 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
753 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
754 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
755 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
757 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
759 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
760 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
761 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
762 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
763 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
765 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
766 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
767 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
768 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
769 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
770 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
771 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
772 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
773 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
774 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
775 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
776 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
777 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
778 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
779 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
780 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
782 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
784 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
785 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
786 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
787 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
788 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
789 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
790 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
791 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
793 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
795 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
797 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
798 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
799 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
800 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
801 Polo (Closes: #372497).
802 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
803 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
805 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
806 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
807 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
808 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
809 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
810 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
811 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
812 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
813 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
814 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
816 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
817 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
818 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
819 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
820 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
821 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
823 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
825 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
827 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
828 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
829 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
830 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
832 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
833 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
835 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
837 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
839 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
840 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
841 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
842 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
843 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
844 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
845 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
846 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
847 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
848 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
850 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
851 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
852 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
853 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
854 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
855 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
856 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
857 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
858 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
859 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
860 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
863 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
865 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
867 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
868 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
869 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
870 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
871 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
872 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
873 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
874 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
875 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
876 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
877 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
878 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
879 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
880 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
881 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
882 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
883 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
884 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
885 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
886 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
887 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
888 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
889 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
890 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
891 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
892 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
893 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
894 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
896 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
897 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
898 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
899 Hess (Closes: #362247).
900 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
901 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
902 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
903 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
904 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
905 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
906 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
907 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
908 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
909 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
910 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
911 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
913 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
914 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
916 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
917 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
918 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
919 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
920 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
921 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
922 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
923 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
924 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
925 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
926 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
928 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
930 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
933 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
934 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
935 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
936 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
937 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
938 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
939 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
940 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
941 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
942 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
943 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
944 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
945 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
947 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
948 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
949 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
950 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
951 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
952 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
953 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
954 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
955 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
956 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
957 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
958 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
959 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
960 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
961 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
962 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
963 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
964 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
965 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
968 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
970 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
972 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
973 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
974 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
975 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
977 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
978 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
979 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
980 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
982 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
984 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
987 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
988 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
989 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
990 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
991 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
992 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
993 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
994 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
995 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
996 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
998 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
999 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
1000 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
1002 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
1003 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
1004 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
1005 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
1006 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
1007 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
1008 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
1010 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
1011 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
1012 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
1013 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
1015 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
1016 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
1017 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
1018 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
1019 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
1020 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
1021 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
1022 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
1024 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
1025 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
1026 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
1027 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
1028 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
1029 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
1030 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
1031 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
1032 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
1033 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
1034 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
1035 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
1036 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
1037 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
1038 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
1039 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
1040 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
1042 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
1044 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1047 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
1048 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
1049 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
1050 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
1051 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
1052 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
1053 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
1054 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
1055 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
1057 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
1058 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
1059 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
1060 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
1061 this section. closes: Bug#248618
1062 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
1063 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
1064 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
1065 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
1066 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
1067 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
1068 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
1069 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
1070 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
1071 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
1072 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
1073 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
1075 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
1076 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
1077 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
1080 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
1081 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
1082 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
1084 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
1085 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
1086 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
1087 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
1088 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
1089 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
1091 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
1092 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
1094 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
1095 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
1096 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
1097 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
1098 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
1099 Closes: #185943, #237049
1101 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
1103 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1106 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
1109 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
1110 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
1111 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
1112 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
1113 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
1114 running. closes: Bug#187250
1115 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
1116 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
1117 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
1118 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
1119 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
1120 user closes: Bug#176506
1122 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
1124 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1127 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
1128 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
1129 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
1130 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
1131 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
1132 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
1133 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
1134 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
1135 deb-building toolchain.
1136 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
1137 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
1138 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
1139 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
1140 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
1141 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
1142 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
1143 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
1144 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
1145 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
1146 sections about changelog files.
1148 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
1149 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
1150 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
1151 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
1152 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
1153 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
1155 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
1156 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
1157 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
1158 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
1159 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
1160 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
1161 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
1162 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
1163 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
1164 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
1165 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
1166 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
1167 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
1168 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
1169 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
1170 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
1171 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
1172 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
1173 for the restructuring
1175 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
1177 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
1180 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
1182 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
1183 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
1184 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
1185 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
1186 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
1187 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
1189 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
1190 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
1191 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
1192 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
1193 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
1194 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
1195 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
1197 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
1198 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
1199 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
1200 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
1202 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
1204 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
1207 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
1208 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
1209 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
1210 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
1211 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
1212 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
1214 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
1215 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
1216 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
1217 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
1219 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
1220 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
1221 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
1222 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
1223 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
1224 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
1225 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
1226 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
1227 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
1228 offtopic stuff, too.
1229 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
1230 script should start it, closes: #60979
1231 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
1232 "should", closes: #170019
1233 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
1234 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
1235 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
1236 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
1237 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
1238 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
1239 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
1240 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
1243 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
1245 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
1248 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
1249 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
1250 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
1251 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
1252 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
1253 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
1254 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
1255 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
1256 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
1258 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
1259 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
1260 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
1261 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
1262 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
1263 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
1264 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
1265 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
1266 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
1268 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
1269 file, closes: Bug#65764
1271 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
1273 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
1275 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
1276 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
1277 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
1278 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
1279 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
1280 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
1281 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
1282 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
1283 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
1284 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
1285 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
1286 details. closes: Bug#133030
1287 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
1288 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
1289 parts of Bug#161455.
1291 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
1293 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
1295 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
1296 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
1297 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
1298 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
1299 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
1300 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
1301 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
1302 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
1303 not. closes: Bug#139820
1304 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
1305 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
1306 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
1307 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
1308 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
1309 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
1310 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
1311 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
1312 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
1313 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
1315 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
1317 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
1318 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
1319 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
1320 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
1321 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
1322 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
1323 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
1324 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
1325 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
1326 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
1327 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
1328 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
1329 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
1330 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
1331 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
1332 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
1333 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
1334 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
1335 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
1336 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
1338 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
1339 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
1340 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
1341 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
1342 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
1343 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
1344 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
1346 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
1347 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
1348 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
1349 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
1350 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
1351 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
1352 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
1353 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
1354 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
1356 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
1358 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
1360 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
1361 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
1362 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
1363 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
1364 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
1365 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
1366 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
1367 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
1368 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
1369 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
1370 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
1371 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
1372 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
1373 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
1374 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
1375 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
1376 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
1377 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
1378 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
1379 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
1380 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
1381 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
1382 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
1384 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
1386 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
1388 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
1389 medium, high, emergency.
1390 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
1391 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
1392 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1393 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1394 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1397 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1398 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1399 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1401 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1402 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1403 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1404 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1405 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1406 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1407 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1410 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1412 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1414 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1415 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1416 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1417 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1419 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1420 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1421 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1422 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1423 debian/rules to do this
1424 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1425 patches are incorporated upstream
1426 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1427 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1428 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1429 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1430 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1431 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1433 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1434 system closes: Bug#91249
1435 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1436 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1437 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1438 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1439 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1440 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1441 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1442 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1443 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1444 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1445 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1446 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1447 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1449 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1451 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1453 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1454 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1455 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1456 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1458 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1459 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1460 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1462 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1465 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1467 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1469 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1470 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1471 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1472 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1473 package for the time being
1474 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1475 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1476 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1477 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1478 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1479 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1480 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1481 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1482 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1483 Build-Depends arch syntax
1484 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1486 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1487 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1489 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1490 from policy maintenance duties.
1491 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1492 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1494 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1496 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1498 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1500 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1502 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1504 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1505 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1506 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1507 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1508 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1509 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1510 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1511 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1512 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1513 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1514 minor version number for this
1515 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1516 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1517 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1518 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1519 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1520 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1521 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1522 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1523 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1525 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1527 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1529 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1530 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1531 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1532 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1533 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1535 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1537 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1538 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1539 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1540 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1541 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1542 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1543 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1544 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1545 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1546 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1547 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1548 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1549 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1550 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1551 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1552 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1555 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1557 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1559 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1560 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1562 * Document the Enhances relationship
1563 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1564 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1565 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1566 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1567 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1568 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1570 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1572 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1573 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1574 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1575 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1577 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1578 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1579 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1580 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1581 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1583 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1585 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1587 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1588 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1589 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1591 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1592 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1593 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1594 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1595 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1596 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1597 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1598 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1599 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1601 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1603 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1605 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1607 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1608 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1609 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1610 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1611 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1612 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1613 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1614 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1615 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1616 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1617 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1618 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1619 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1620 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1621 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1622 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1623 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1624 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1625 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1626 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1627 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1628 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1630 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1631 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1633 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1635 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1637 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1638 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1639 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1640 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1641 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1642 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1643 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1644 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1645 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1646 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1647 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1648 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1649 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1650 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1651 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1652 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1653 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1654 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1655 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1656 list closes: Bug#53756
1657 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1658 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1659 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1660 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1661 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1662 policy closes: Bug#53760
1663 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1664 policy closes: Bug#53761
1665 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1666 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1667 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1668 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1669 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1670 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1671 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1672 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1673 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1674 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1675 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1677 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1678 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1679 to install with older fileutils.
1680 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1681 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1682 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1683 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1685 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1686 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1688 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1690 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1692 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1693 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1695 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1697 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1699 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1700 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1702 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1705 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1707 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1708 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1710 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1712 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1714 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1716 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1717 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1719 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1721 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1723 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1724 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1725 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1726 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1727 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1728 directoried (closes: #41547)
1729 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1730 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1731 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1732 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1733 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1734 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1735 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1736 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1737 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1738 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1739 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1741 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1742 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1743 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1744 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1745 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1746 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1747 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1749 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1750 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1751 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1752 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1754 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1756 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1758 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1759 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1761 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1763 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1765 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1766 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1768 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1770 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1772 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1773 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1775 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1776 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1777 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1778 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1779 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1780 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1781 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1782 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1783 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1784 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1785 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1786 this closes: Bug#38612
1787 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1788 before. closes: Bug#40864
1790 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1792 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1794 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1795 officially uploaded.
1796 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1798 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1799 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1800 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1802 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1803 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1804 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1805 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1806 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1807 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1809 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1810 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1811 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1813 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1815 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1816 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1817 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1818 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1819 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1821 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1823 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1825 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1826 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1827 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1828 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1829 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1830 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1831 there). closes: Bug#34233
1832 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1833 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1834 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1835 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1836 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1838 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1840 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1842 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1843 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1844 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1845 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1848 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1849 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1850 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1851 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1852 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1855 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1856 number. closes: BUG#25911
1858 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1859 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1860 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1861 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1862 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1863 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1865 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1866 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1867 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1870 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1871 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1872 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1874 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1875 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1876 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1877 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1879 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1880 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1881 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1883 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1885 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1886 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1887 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1888 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1889 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1890 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1891 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1892 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1895 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1897 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1898 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1901 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1903 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1905 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1907 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1909 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1911 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1912 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1913 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1914 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1915 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1916 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1917 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1918 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1920 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1921 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1923 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1925 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1927 * non-maintainer release
1928 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1929 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1931 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1932 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1933 * no content changes
1934 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1936 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1938 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1942 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1944 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1946 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1948 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1949 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1950 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1952 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1953 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1955 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1956 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1957 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1958 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1960 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1961 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1962 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1963 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1964 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1965 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1966 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1968 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1969 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1970 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1973 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1974 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1975 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1977 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1978 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1979 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1981 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1982 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1984 * New version numbering scheme:
1986 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1987 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1988 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1991 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1992 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1993 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1994 differ between the manuals.
1996 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1997 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1998 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1999 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
2001 * Packaging changes:
2003 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
2004 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
2006 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
2008 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
2010 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2012 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
2014 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
2015 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
2016 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
2018 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
2019 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
2022 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
2023 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
2024 file extension as the referenced file
2026 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
2027 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
2029 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
2030 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
2031 start, stop, restart, force-reload
2032 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
2035 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
2036 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
2037 be installed into /etc/cron.d
2039 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
2040 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
2041 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
2042 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
2045 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
2046 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
2049 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
2050 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
2051 reasonable default configuration
2053 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
2054 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
2055 by all news servers and clients
2057 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
2058 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
2059 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
2060 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
2061 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
2063 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
2064 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
2067 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
2069 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2070 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
2072 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
2075 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
2076 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
2078 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
2079 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
2081 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
2083 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
2085 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
2087 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2088 - X library package is now called xlib6g
2089 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2090 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
2092 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
2094 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
2095 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
2096 * Don't use debstd anymore
2098 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
2100 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2102 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2103 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
2104 contrib/non-free policy
2105 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
2106 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
2107 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
2108 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
2109 - new section about `Daemons'
2110 - updated section about `Configuration files'
2111 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
2112 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
2113 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
2114 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
2115 * Paper about libc6 migration:
2116 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
2117 * SGML source code included in package
2118 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
2120 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
2122 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
2124 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
2125 - completely reworked structure
2126 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
2127 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
2128 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
2129 - removed all those ugly footnotes
2130 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
2131 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
2132 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
2133 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
2134 - mention "orphaned packages"
2135 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
2136 distributions' policy
2137 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
2138 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
2139 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
2140 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
2141 - added section about arch spec strings
2142 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
2143 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
2144 - added section about "menus"
2145 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
2146 the new documentation policy soon
2147 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
2148 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
2150 - added section about editors and pagers
2151 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
2152 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
2153 - added section about device files
2154 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
2155 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
2156 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
2158 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
2159 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
2160 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
2161 - Added new section about obsolete names
2162 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
2163 * Fixed package's description
2165 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
2167 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2169 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
2171 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
2173 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2175 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
2176 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
2177 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
2178 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
2180 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
2182 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
2184 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
2185 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
2186 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
2188 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
2189 and upload it "byhand" too.
2191 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
2193 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
2196 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
2197 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
2198 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
2199 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
2200 functionality must not have the same name.
2201 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
2202 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
2203 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
2204 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
2205 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
2206 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
2207 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
2209 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
2210 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
2211 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
2212 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
2213 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
2214 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
2215 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
2216 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
2219 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
2221 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
2223 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
2225 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
2226 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
2227 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
2228 a package into. (Guy Maor)
2229 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
2232 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
2234 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
2236 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
2238 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
2239 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
2240 description of deb file format.
2241 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
2242 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
2244 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
2246 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
2247 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
2249 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
2251 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
2253 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
2254 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
2255 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
2256 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
2257 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
2258 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
2259 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
2260 packages in section on Procedure
2261 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
2262 a package maintainer
2263 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
2264 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
2265 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
2267 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
2268 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
2269 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
2270 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
2271 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
2272 on various shlib files
2273 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
2274 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
2275 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
2277 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
2279 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
2281 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
2282 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
2283 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
2285 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
2286 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
2287 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
2288 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
2289 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
2291 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
2293 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
2295 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
2297 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
2299 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
2300 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
2301 compatibility go in contrib.
2303 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
2304 instructions in policy manual.
2305 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
2308 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
2310 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
2312 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
2313 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
2314 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
2315 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
2317 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
2318 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
2321 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
2323 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
2325 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
2326 * More detail about changelog format names.
2328 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
2329 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
2333 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
2335 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
2337 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
2339 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
2341 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
2343 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
2345 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
2347 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
2348 * More verbosity about netiquette.
2349 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
2351 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
2353 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
2355 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
2357 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
2359 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
2363 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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