1 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
4 XXX write a better description here XXX
5 XXX update the section numbers in the upgrading checklist XXX
6 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
7 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
8 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
9 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
10 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
12 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
13 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
14 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
15 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
16 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
17 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep should not be satisfied
18 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411
22 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
25 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
27 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
28 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
29 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
30 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
31 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
32 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
34 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
35 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
36 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
37 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
38 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
39 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
40 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
42 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
43 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
44 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
45 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
47 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
49 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
52 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
53 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
54 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
55 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
56 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
57 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
59 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
60 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
61 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
62 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
64 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
65 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
66 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
67 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
68 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
69 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
70 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
71 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
72 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
74 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
75 script should start it, closes: #60979
76 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
77 "should", closes: #170019
78 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
79 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
80 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
81 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
82 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
83 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
84 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
85 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
88 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
90 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
93 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
94 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
95 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
96 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
97 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
98 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
99 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
100 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
101 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
103 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
104 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
105 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
106 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
107 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
108 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
109 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
110 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
111 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
113 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
114 file, closes: Bug#65764
116 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
118 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
120 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
121 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
122 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
123 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
124 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
125 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
126 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
127 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
128 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
129 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
130 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
131 details. closes: Bug#133030
132 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
133 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
136 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
138 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
140 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
141 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
142 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
143 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
144 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
145 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
146 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
147 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
148 not. closes: Bug#139820
149 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
150 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
151 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
152 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
153 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
154 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
155 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
156 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
157 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
158 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
160 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
162 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
163 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
164 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
165 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
166 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
167 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
168 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
169 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
170 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
171 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
172 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
173 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
174 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
175 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
176 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
177 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
178 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
179 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
180 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
181 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
183 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
184 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
185 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
186 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
187 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
188 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
189 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
191 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
192 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
193 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
194 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
195 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
196 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
197 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
198 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
199 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
201 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
203 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
205 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
206 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
207 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
208 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
209 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
210 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
211 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
212 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
213 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
214 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
215 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
216 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
217 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
218 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
219 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
220 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
221 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
222 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
223 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
224 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
225 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
226 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
227 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
229 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
231 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
233 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
234 medium, high, emergency.
235 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
236 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
237 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
238 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
239 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
242 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
243 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
244 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
246 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
247 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
248 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
249 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
250 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
251 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
252 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
255 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
257 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
259 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
260 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
261 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
262 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
264 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
265 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
266 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
267 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
268 debian/rules to do this
269 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
270 patches are incorporated upstream
271 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
272 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
273 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
274 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
275 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
276 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
278 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
279 system closes: Bug#91249
280 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
281 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
282 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
283 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
284 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
285 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
286 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
287 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
288 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
289 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
290 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
291 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
292 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
294 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
296 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
298 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
299 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
300 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
301 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
303 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
304 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
305 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
307 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
310 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
312 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
314 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
315 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
316 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
317 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
318 package for the time being
319 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
320 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
321 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
322 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
323 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
324 * Rename all .text files as .txt
325 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
326 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
327 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
328 Build-Depends arch syntax
329 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
331 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
332 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
334 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
335 from policy maintenance duties.
336 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
337 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
339 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
341 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
343 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
345 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
347 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
349 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
350 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
351 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
352 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
353 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
354 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
355 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
356 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
357 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
358 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
359 minor version number for this
360 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
361 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
362 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
363 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
364 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
365 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
366 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
367 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
368 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
370 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
372 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
374 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
375 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
376 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
377 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
378 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
380 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
382 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
383 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
384 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
385 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
386 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
387 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
388 xutils closes: Bug#82966
389 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
390 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
391 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
392 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
393 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
394 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
395 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
396 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
397 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
400 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
402 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
404 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
405 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
407 * Document the Enhances relationship
408 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
409 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
410 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
411 policy. closes: Bug#53496
412 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
413 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
415 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
417 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
418 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
419 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
420 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
422 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
423 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
424 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
425 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
426 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
428 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
430 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
432 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
433 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
434 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
436 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
437 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
438 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
439 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
440 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
441 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
442 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
443 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
444 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
446 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
448 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
450 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
452 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
453 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
454 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
455 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
456 policy. closes: Bug#64437
457 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
458 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
459 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
460 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
461 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
462 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
463 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
464 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
465 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
466 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
467 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
468 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
469 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
470 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
471 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
472 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
473 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
475 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
476 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
478 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
480 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
482 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
483 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
484 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
485 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
486 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
487 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
488 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
489 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
490 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
491 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
492 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
493 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
494 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
495 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
496 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
497 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
498 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
499 alternative closes: Bug#53755
500 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
501 list closes: Bug#53756
502 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
503 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
504 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
505 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
506 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
507 policy closes: Bug#53760
508 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
509 policy closes: Bug#53761
510 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
511 that use X closes: Bug#53762
512 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
513 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
514 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
515 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
516 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
517 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
518 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
519 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
520 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
522 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
523 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
524 to install with older fileutils.
525 * Installed FHS version 2.1
526 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
527 * Added FHS details to copyright file
528 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
530 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
531 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
533 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
535 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
537 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
538 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
540 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
542 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
544 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
545 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
547 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
550 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
552 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
553 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
555 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
557 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
559 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
561 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
562 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
564 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
566 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
568 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
569 #45561, #42447, #48570)
570 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
571 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
572 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
573 directoried (closes: #41547)
574 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
575 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
576 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
577 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
578 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
579 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
580 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
581 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
582 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
583 package criteria (closes: #45318)
584 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
586 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
587 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
588 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
589 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
590 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
591 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
592 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
594 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
595 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
596 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
597 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
599 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
601 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
603 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
604 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
606 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
608 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
610 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
611 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
613 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
615 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
617 * A few typos and omissions corrected
618 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
620 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
621 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
622 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
623 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
624 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
625 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
626 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
627 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
628 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
629 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
630 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
631 this closes: Bug#38612
632 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
633 before. closes: Bug#40864
635 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
637 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
639 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
641 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
643 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
644 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
645 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
647 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
648 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
649 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
650 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
651 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
652 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
654 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
655 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
656 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
658 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
660 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
661 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
662 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
663 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
664 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
666 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
668 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
670 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
671 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
672 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
673 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
674 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
675 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
676 there). closes: Bug#34233
677 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
678 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
679 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
680 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
681 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
683 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
685 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
687 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
688 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
689 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
690 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
693 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
694 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
695 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
696 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
697 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
700 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
701 number. closes: BUG#25911
703 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
704 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
705 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
706 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
707 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
708 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
710 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
711 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
712 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
715 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
716 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
717 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
719 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
720 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
721 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
722 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
724 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
725 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
726 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
728 * Make the package optional, not extra.
730 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
731 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
732 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
733 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
734 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
735 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
736 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
737 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
740 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
742 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
743 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
746 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
748 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
750 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
752 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
754 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
756 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
757 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
758 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
759 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
760 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
761 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
762 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
763 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
765 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
766 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
768 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
770 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
772 * non-maintainer release
773 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
774 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
776 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
777 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
779 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
781 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
783 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
787 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
789 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
791 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
793 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
794 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
795 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
797 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
798 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
800 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
801 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
802 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
803 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
805 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
806 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
807 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
808 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
809 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
810 and restart options and to comply with the console message
811 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
813 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
814 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
815 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
818 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
819 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
820 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
822 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
823 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
824 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
826 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
827 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
829 * New version numbering scheme:
831 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
832 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
833 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
836 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
837 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
838 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
839 differ between the manuals.
841 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
842 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
843 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
844 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
848 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
849 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
851 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
853 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
855 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
857 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
859 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
860 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
861 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
863 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
864 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
867 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
868 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
869 file extension as the referenced file
871 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
872 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
874 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
875 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
876 start, stop, restart, force-reload
877 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
880 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
881 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
882 be installed into /etc/cron.d
884 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
885 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
886 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
887 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
890 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
891 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
894 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
895 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
896 reasonable default configuration
898 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
899 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
900 by all news servers and clients
902 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
903 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
904 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
905 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
906 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
908 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
909 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
912 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
914 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
915 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
917 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
920 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
921 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
923 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
924 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
926 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
928 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
930 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
932 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
933 - X library package is now called xlib6g
934 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
935 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
937 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
939 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
940 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
941 * Don't use debstd anymore
943 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
945 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
947 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
948 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
949 contrib/non-free policy
950 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
951 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
952 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
953 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
954 - new section about `Daemons'
955 - updated section about `Configuration files'
956 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
957 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
958 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
959 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
960 * Paper about libc6 migration:
961 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
962 * SGML source code included in package
963 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
965 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
967 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
969 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
970 - completely reworked structure
971 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
972 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
973 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
974 - removed all those ugly footnotes
975 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
976 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
977 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
978 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
979 - mention "orphaned packages"
980 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
981 distributions' policy
982 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
983 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
984 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
985 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
986 - added section about arch spec strings
987 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
988 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
989 - added section about "menus"
990 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
991 the new documentation policy soon
992 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
993 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
995 - added section about editors and pagers
996 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
997 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
998 - added section about device files
999 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1000 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1001 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1003 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1004 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1005 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1006 - Added new section about obsolete names
1007 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1008 * Fixed package's description
1010 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1012 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1014 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1016 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1018 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1020 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1021 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1022 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1023 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1025 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1027 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1029 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1030 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1031 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1033 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1034 and upload it "byhand" too.
1036 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1038 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1041 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1042 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1043 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1044 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1045 functionality must not have the same name.
1046 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1047 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1048 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1049 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1050 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1051 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1052 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1054 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1055 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1056 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1057 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1058 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1059 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1060 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1061 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1064 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1066 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1068 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1070 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1071 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1072 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1073 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1074 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1077 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1079 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1081 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1083 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1084 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1085 description of deb file format.
1086 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1087 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1089 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1091 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1092 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1094 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1096 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1098 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1099 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1100 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1101 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1102 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1103 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1104 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1105 packages in section on Procedure
1106 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1107 a package maintainer
1108 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1109 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1110 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1112 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1113 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1114 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1115 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1116 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1117 on various shlib files
1118 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1119 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1120 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1122 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1124 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1126 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1127 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1128 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1130 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1131 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1132 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1133 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1134 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1136 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1138 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1140 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1142 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1144 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1145 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1146 compatibility go in contrib.
1148 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1149 instructions in policy manual.
1150 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1153 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1155 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1157 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1158 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1159 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1160 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1162 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1163 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1166 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1168 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1170 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1171 * More detail about changelog format names.
1173 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1174 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1178 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1180 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1182 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1184 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1186 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1188 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1190 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1192 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1193 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1194 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1196 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1198 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1200 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1202 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1204 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1208 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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