1 debian-policy (3.5.4.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
4 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
5 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
6 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
8 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
9 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
10 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
11 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
12 debian/rules to do this
13 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
14 patches are incorporated upstream
15 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
16 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
17 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
18 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
22 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
24 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
25 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
26 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
27 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
29 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
30 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
31 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
33 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
36 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
38 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
40 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
41 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
42 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
43 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
44 package for the time being
45 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
46 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
47 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
48 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
49 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
50 * Rename all .text files as .txt
51 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
52 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
53 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
54 Build-Depends arch syntax
55 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
57 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
58 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
60 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
61 from policy maintenance duties.
62 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
63 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
65 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
67 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
69 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
71 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
73 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
75 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
76 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
77 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
78 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
79 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
80 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
81 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
82 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
83 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
84 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
85 minor version number for this
86 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
87 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
88 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
89 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
90 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
91 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
92 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
93 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
94 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
96 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
98 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
100 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
101 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
102 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
103 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
104 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
106 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
108 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
109 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
110 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
111 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
112 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
113 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
114 xutils closes: Bug#82966
115 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
116 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
117 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
118 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
119 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
120 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
121 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
122 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
123 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
126 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
128 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
130 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
131 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
133 * Document the Enhances relationship
134 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
135 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
136 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
137 policy. closes: Bug#53496
138 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
139 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
141 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
143 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
144 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
145 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
146 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
148 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
149 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
150 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
151 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
152 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
154 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
156 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
158 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
159 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
160 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
162 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
163 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
164 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
165 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
166 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
167 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
168 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
169 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
170 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
172 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
174 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
176 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
178 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
179 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
180 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
181 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
182 policy. closes: Bug#64437
183 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
184 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
185 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
186 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
187 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
188 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
189 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
190 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
191 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
192 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
193 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
194 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
195 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
196 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
197 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
198 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
199 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
201 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
202 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
204 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
206 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
208 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
209 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
210 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
211 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
212 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
213 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
214 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
215 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
216 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
217 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
218 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
219 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
220 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
221 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
222 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
223 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
224 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
225 alternative closes: Bug#53755
226 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
227 list closes: Bug#53756
228 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
229 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
230 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
231 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
232 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
233 policy closes: Bug#53760
234 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
235 policy closes: Bug#53761
236 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
237 that use X closes: Bug#53762
238 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
239 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
240 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
241 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
242 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
243 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
244 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
245 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
246 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
248 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
249 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
250 to install with older fileutils.
251 * Installed FHS version 2.1
252 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
253 * Added FHS details to copyright file
254 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
256 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
257 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
259 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
261 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
263 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
264 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
266 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
268 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
270 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
271 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
273 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
276 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
278 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
279 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
281 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
283 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
285 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
287 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
288 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
290 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
292 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
294 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
295 #45561, #42447, #48570)
296 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
297 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
298 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
299 directoried (closes: #41547)
300 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
301 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
302 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
303 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
304 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
305 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
306 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
307 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
308 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
309 package criteria (closes: #45318)
310 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
312 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
313 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
314 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
315 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
316 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
317 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
318 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
320 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
321 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
322 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
323 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
325 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
327 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
329 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
330 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
332 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
334 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
336 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
337 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
339 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
341 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
343 * A few typos and omissions corrected
344 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
346 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
347 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
348 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
349 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
350 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
351 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
352 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
353 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
354 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
355 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
356 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
357 this closes: Bug#38612
358 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
359 before. closes: Bug#40864
361 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
363 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
365 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
367 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
369 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
370 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
371 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
373 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
374 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
375 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
376 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
377 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
378 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
380 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
381 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
382 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
384 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
386 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
387 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
388 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
389 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
390 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
392 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
394 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
396 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
397 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
398 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
399 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
400 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
401 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
402 there). closes: Bug#34233
403 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
404 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
405 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
406 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
407 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
409 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
411 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
413 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
414 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
415 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
416 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
419 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
420 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
421 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
422 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
423 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
426 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
427 number. closes: BUG#25911
429 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
430 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
431 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
432 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
433 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
434 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
436 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
437 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
438 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
441 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
442 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
443 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
445 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
446 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
447 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
448 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
450 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
451 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
452 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
454 * Make the package optional, not extra.
456 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
457 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
458 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
459 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
460 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
461 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
462 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
463 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
466 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
468 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
469 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
472 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
474 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
476 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
478 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
480 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
482 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
483 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
484 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
485 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
486 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
487 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
488 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
489 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
491 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
492 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
494 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
496 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
498 * non-maintainer release
499 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
500 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
502 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
503 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
505 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
507 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
509 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
513 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
515 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
517 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
519 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
520 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
521 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
523 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
524 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
526 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
527 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
528 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
529 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
531 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
532 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
533 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
534 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
535 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
536 and restart options and to comply with the console message
537 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
539 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
540 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
541 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
544 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
545 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
546 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
548 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
549 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
550 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
552 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
553 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
555 * New version numbering scheme:
557 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
558 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
559 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
562 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
563 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
564 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
565 differ between the manuals.
567 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
568 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
569 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
570 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
574 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
575 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
577 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
579 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
581 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
583 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
585 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
586 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
587 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
589 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
590 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
593 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
594 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
595 file extension as the referenced file
597 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
598 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
600 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
601 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
602 start, stop, restart, force-reload
603 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
606 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
607 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
608 be installed into /etc/cron.d
610 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
611 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
612 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
613 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
616 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
617 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
620 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
621 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
622 reasonable default configuration
624 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
625 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
626 by all news servers and clients
628 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
629 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
630 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
631 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
632 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
634 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
635 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
638 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
640 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
641 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
643 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
646 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
647 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
649 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
650 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
652 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
654 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
656 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
658 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
659 - X library package is now called xlib6g
660 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
661 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
663 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
665 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
666 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
667 * Don't use debstd anymore
669 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
671 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
673 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
674 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
675 contrib/non-free policy
676 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
677 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
678 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
679 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
680 - new section about `Daemons'
681 - updated section about `Configuration files'
682 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
683 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
684 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
685 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
686 * Paper about libc6 migration:
687 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
688 * SGML source code included in package
689 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
691 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
693 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
695 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
696 - completely reworked structure
697 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
698 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
699 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
700 - removed all those ugly footnotes
701 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
702 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
703 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
704 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
705 - mention "orphaned packages"
706 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
707 distributions' policy
708 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
709 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
710 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
711 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
712 - added section about arch spec strings
713 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
714 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
715 - added section about "menus"
716 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
717 the new documentation policy soon
718 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
719 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
721 - added section about editors and pagers
722 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
723 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
724 - added section about device files
725 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
726 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
727 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
729 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
730 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
731 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
732 - Added new section about obsolete names
733 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
734 * Fixed package's description
736 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
738 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
740 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
742 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
744 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
746 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
747 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
748 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
749 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
751 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
753 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
755 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
756 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
757 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
759 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
760 and upload it "byhand" too.
762 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
764 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
767 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
768 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
769 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
770 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
771 functionality must not have the same name.
772 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
773 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
774 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
775 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
776 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
777 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
778 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
780 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
781 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
782 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
783 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
784 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
785 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
786 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
787 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
790 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
792 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
794 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
796 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
797 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
798 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
799 a package into. (Guy Maor)
800 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
803 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
805 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
807 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
809 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
810 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
811 description of deb file format.
812 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
813 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
815 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
817 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
818 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
820 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
822 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
824 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
825 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
826 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
827 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
828 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
829 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
830 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
831 packages in section on Procedure
832 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
834 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
835 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
836 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
838 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
839 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
840 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
841 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
842 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
843 on various shlib files
844 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
845 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
846 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
848 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
850 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
852 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
853 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
854 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
856 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
857 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
858 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
859 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
860 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
862 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
864 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
866 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
868 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
870 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
871 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
872 compatibility go in contrib.
874 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
875 instructions in policy manual.
876 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
879 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
881 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
883 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
884 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
885 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
886 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
888 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
889 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
892 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
894 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
896 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
897 * More detail about changelog format names.
899 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
900 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
904 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
906 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
908 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
910 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
912 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
914 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
916 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
918 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
919 * More verbosity about netiquette.
920 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
922 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
924 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
926 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
928 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
930 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
934 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100