1 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
4 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
6 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
8 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
10 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
11 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
13 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
15 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
17 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
18 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
20 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
22 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
24 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
26 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
27 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
29 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
31 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
33 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
34 #45561, #42447, #48570)
35 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
36 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
37 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
38 directoried (closes: #41547)
39 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
40 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
41 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
42 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
43 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
44 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
45 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
46 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
47 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
48 package criteria (closes: #45318)
49 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
51 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
52 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
53 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
54 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
55 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
56 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
57 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
59 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
60 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
61 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
62 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
64 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
66 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
68 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
69 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
71 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
73 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
75 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
76 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
78 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
80 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
82 * A few typos and omissions corrected
83 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
85 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
86 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
87 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
88 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
89 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
90 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
91 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
92 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
93 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
94 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
95 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
96 this closes: Bug#38612
97 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
98 before. closes: Bug#40864
100 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
102 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
104 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
106 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
108 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
109 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
110 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
112 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
113 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
114 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
115 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
116 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
117 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
119 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
120 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
121 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
123 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
125 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
126 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
127 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
128 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
129 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
131 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
133 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
135 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
136 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
137 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
138 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
139 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
140 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
141 there). closes: Bug#34233
142 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
143 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
144 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
145 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
146 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
148 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
150 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
152 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
153 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
154 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
155 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
158 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
159 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
160 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
161 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
162 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
165 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
166 number. closes: BUG#25911
168 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
169 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
170 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
171 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
172 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
173 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
175 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
176 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
177 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
180 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
181 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
182 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
184 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
185 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
186 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
187 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
189 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
190 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
191 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
193 * Make the package optional, not extra.
195 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
196 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
197 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
198 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
199 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
200 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
201 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
202 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
205 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
207 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
208 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
211 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
213 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
215 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
217 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
219 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
221 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
222 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
223 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
224 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
225 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
226 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
227 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
228 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
230 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
231 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
233 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
235 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
237 * non-maintainer release
238 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
239 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
241 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
242 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
244 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
246 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
248 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
252 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
254 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
256 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
258 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
259 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
260 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
262 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
263 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
265 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
266 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
267 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
268 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
270 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
271 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
272 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
273 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
274 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
275 and restart options and to comply with the console message
276 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
278 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
279 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
280 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
283 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
284 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
285 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
287 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
288 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
289 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
291 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
292 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
294 * New version numbering scheme:
296 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
297 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
298 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
301 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
302 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
303 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
304 differ between the manuals.
306 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
307 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
308 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
309 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
313 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
314 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
316 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
318 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
320 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
322 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
324 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
325 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
326 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
328 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
329 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
332 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
333 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
334 file extension as the referenced file
336 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
337 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
339 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
340 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
341 start, stop, restart, force-reload
342 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
345 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
346 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
347 be installed into /etc/cron.d
349 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
350 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
351 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
352 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
355 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
356 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
359 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
360 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
361 reasonable default configuration
363 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
364 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
365 by all news servers and clients
367 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
368 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
369 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
370 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
371 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
373 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
374 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
377 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
379 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
380 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
382 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
385 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
386 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
388 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
389 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
391 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
393 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
395 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
397 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
398 - X library package is now called xlib6g
399 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
400 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
402 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
404 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
405 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
406 * Don't use debstd anymore
408 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
410 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
412 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
413 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
414 contrib/non-free policy
415 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
416 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
417 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
418 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
419 - new section about `Daemons'
420 - updated section about `Configuration files'
421 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
422 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
423 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
424 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
425 * Paper about libc6 migration:
426 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
427 * SGML source code included in package
428 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
430 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
432 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
434 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
435 - completely reworked structure
436 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
437 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
438 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
439 - removed all those ugly footnotes
440 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
441 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
442 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
443 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
444 - mention "orphaned packages"
445 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
446 distributions' policy
447 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
448 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
449 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
450 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
451 - added section about arch spec strings
452 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
453 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
454 - added section about "menus"
455 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
456 the new documentation policy soon
457 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
458 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
460 - added section about editors and pagers
461 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
462 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
463 - added section about device files
464 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
465 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
466 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
468 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
469 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
470 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
471 - Added new section about obsolete names
472 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
473 * Fixed package's description
475 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
477 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
479 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
481 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
483 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
485 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
486 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
487 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
488 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
490 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
492 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
494 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
495 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
496 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
498 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
499 and upload it "byhand" too.
501 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
503 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
506 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
507 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
508 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
509 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
510 functionality must not have the same name.
511 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
512 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
513 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
514 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
515 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
516 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
517 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
519 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
520 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
521 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
522 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
523 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
524 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
525 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
526 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
529 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
531 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
533 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
535 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
536 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
537 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
538 a package into. (Guy Maor)
539 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
542 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
544 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
546 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
548 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
549 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
550 description of deb file format.
551 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
552 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
554 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
556 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
557 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
559 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
561 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
563 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
564 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
565 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
566 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
567 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
568 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
569 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
570 packages in section on Procedure
571 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
573 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
574 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
575 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
577 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
578 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
579 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
580 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
581 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
582 on various shlib files
583 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
584 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
585 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
587 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
589 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
591 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
592 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
593 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
595 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
596 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
597 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
598 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
599 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
601 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
603 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
605 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
607 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
609 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
610 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
611 compatibility go in contrib.
613 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
614 instructions in policy manual.
615 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
618 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
620 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
622 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
623 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
624 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
625 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
627 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
628 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
631 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
633 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
635 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
636 * More detail about changelog format names.
638 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
639 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
643 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
645 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
647 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
649 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
651 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
653 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
655 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
657 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
658 * More verbosity about netiquette.
659 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
661 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
663 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
665 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
667 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
669 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
673 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
676 mode: debian-changelog