1 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
4 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
5 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
7 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
8 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
9 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
11 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
12 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
13 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
14 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
16 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
17 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
18 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
19 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
21 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
22 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
23 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
24 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
26 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
27 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
28 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
29 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
33 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
34 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
35 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
37 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:45:46 -0700
39 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
41 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
42 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
43 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
44 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
46 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
47 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
48 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
49 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
51 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
52 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
53 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
54 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
56 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
57 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
58 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
59 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
61 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
62 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
63 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
64 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
66 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
67 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
68 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
69 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
71 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
72 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
73 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
74 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
76 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
77 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
78 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
79 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
81 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
82 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
83 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
84 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
86 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
87 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
88 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
89 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
91 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
92 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
93 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
94 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
95 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
97 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
98 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
99 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
100 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
101 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
102 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
103 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
104 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
105 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
106 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
107 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
108 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
109 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
110 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
111 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
112 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
113 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
114 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
115 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
116 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
117 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
118 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
119 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
120 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
121 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
122 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
123 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
124 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
125 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
126 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
128 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
129 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
130 links was completed long ago.
131 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
133 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
135 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
137 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
138 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
140 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
142 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
144 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
145 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
146 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
147 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
148 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
149 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
150 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
151 Millan (Closes: #209008).
152 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
153 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
155 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
157 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
159 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
160 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
161 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
162 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
163 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
164 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
165 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
167 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
168 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
169 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
170 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
172 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
173 Küster (Closes: #403391).
174 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
175 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
176 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
177 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
178 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
179 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
180 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
181 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
182 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
183 Closes: #186700, #458910
184 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
185 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
186 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
188 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
189 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
190 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
191 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
192 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
193 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
194 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
195 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
197 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
198 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
200 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
201 * Add an md5sums control file.
202 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
203 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
204 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
205 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
206 currently part of policy.
207 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
208 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
209 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
212 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
214 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
216 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
217 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
218 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
219 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
220 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
221 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
222 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
223 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
224 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
225 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
226 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
227 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
228 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
229 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
230 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
231 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
233 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
235 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
236 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
237 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
239 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
240 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
241 list?" (Closes: #412634).
242 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
243 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
244 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
245 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
246 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
247 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
248 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
249 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
250 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
251 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
252 debconf specification.
253 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
254 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
256 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
258 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
260 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
261 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
262 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
263 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
264 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
266 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
268 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
269 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
270 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
271 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
272 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
274 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
275 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
276 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
277 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
278 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
279 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
280 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
281 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
282 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
283 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
284 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
285 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
286 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
287 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
288 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
289 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
291 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
293 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
294 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
295 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
296 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
297 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
298 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
299 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
300 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
302 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
304 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
306 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
307 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
308 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
309 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
310 Polo (Closes: #372497).
311 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
312 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
314 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
315 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
316 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
317 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
318 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
319 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
320 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
321 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
322 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
323 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
325 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
326 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
327 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
328 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
329 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
330 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
332 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
334 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
336 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
337 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
338 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
339 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
341 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
342 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
344 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
346 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
348 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
349 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
350 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
351 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
352 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
353 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
354 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
355 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
356 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
357 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
359 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
360 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
361 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
362 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
363 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
364 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
365 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
366 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
367 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
368 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
369 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
372 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
374 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
376 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
377 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
378 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
379 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
380 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
381 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
382 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
383 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
384 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
385 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
386 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
387 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
388 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
389 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
390 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
391 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
392 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
393 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
394 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
395 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
396 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
397 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
398 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
399 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
400 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
401 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
402 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
403 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
405 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
406 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
407 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
408 Hess (Closes: #362247).
409 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
410 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
411 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
412 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
413 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
414 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
415 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
416 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
417 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
418 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
419 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
420 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
422 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
423 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
425 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
426 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
427 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
428 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
429 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
430 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
431 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
432 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
433 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
434 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
435 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
437 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
439 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
442 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
443 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
444 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
445 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
446 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
447 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
448 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
449 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
450 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
451 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
452 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
453 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
454 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
456 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
457 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
458 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
459 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
460 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
461 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
462 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
463 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
464 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
465 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
466 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
467 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
468 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
469 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
470 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
471 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
472 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
473 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
474 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
477 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
479 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
481 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
482 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
483 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
484 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
486 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
487 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
488 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
489 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
491 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
493 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
496 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
497 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
498 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
499 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
500 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
501 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
502 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
503 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
504 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
505 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
507 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
508 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
509 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
511 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
512 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
513 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
514 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
515 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
516 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
517 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
519 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
520 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
521 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
522 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
524 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
525 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
526 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
527 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
528 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
529 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
530 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
531 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
533 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
534 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
535 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
536 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
537 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
538 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
539 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
540 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
541 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
542 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
543 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
544 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
545 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
546 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
547 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
548 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
549 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
551 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
553 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
556 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
557 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
558 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
559 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
560 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
561 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
562 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
563 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
564 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
566 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
567 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
568 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
569 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
570 this section. closes: Bug#248618
571 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
572 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
573 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
574 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
575 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
576 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
577 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
578 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
579 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
580 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
581 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
582 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
584 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
585 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
586 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
589 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
590 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
591 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
593 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
594 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
595 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
596 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
597 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
598 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
600 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
601 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
603 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
604 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
605 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
606 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
607 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
608 Closes: #185943, #237049
610 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
612 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
615 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
618 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
619 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
620 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
621 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
622 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
623 running. closes: Bug#187250
624 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
625 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
626 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
627 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
628 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
629 user closes: Bug#176506
631 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
633 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
636 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
637 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
638 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
639 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
640 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
641 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
642 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
643 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
644 deb-building toolchain.
645 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
646 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
647 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
648 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
649 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
650 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
651 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
652 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
653 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
654 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
655 sections about changelog files.
657 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
658 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
659 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
660 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
661 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
662 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
664 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
665 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
666 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
667 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
668 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
669 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
670 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
671 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
672 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
673 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
674 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
675 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
676 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
677 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
678 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
679 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
680 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
681 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
682 for the restructuring
684 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
686 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
689 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
691 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
692 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
693 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
694 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
695 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
696 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
698 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
699 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
700 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
701 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
702 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
703 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
704 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
706 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
707 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
708 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
709 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
711 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
713 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
716 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
717 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
718 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
719 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
720 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
721 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
723 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
724 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
725 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
726 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
728 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
729 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
730 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
731 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
732 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
733 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
734 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
735 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
736 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
738 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
739 script should start it, closes: #60979
740 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
741 "should", closes: #170019
742 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
743 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
744 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
745 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
746 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
747 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
748 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
749 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
752 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
754 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
757 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
758 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
759 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
760 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
761 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
762 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
763 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
764 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
765 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
767 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
768 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
769 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
770 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
771 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
772 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
773 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
774 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
775 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
777 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
778 file, closes: Bug#65764
780 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
782 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
784 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
785 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
786 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
787 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
788 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
789 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
790 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
791 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
792 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
793 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
794 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
795 details. closes: Bug#133030
796 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
797 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
800 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
802 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
804 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
805 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
806 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
807 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
808 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
809 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
810 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
811 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
812 not. closes: Bug#139820
813 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
814 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
815 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
816 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
817 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
818 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
819 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
820 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
821 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
822 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
824 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
826 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
827 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
828 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
829 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
830 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
831 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
832 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
833 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
834 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
835 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
836 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
837 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
838 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
839 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
840 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
841 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
842 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
843 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
844 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
845 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
847 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
848 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
849 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
850 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
851 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
852 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
853 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
855 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
856 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
857 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
858 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
859 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
860 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
861 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
862 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
863 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
865 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
867 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
869 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
870 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
871 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
872 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
873 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
874 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
875 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
876 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
877 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
878 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
879 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
880 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
881 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
882 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
883 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
884 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
885 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
886 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
887 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
888 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
889 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
890 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
891 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
893 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
895 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
897 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
898 medium, high, emergency.
899 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
900 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
901 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
902 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
903 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
906 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
907 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
908 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
910 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
911 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
912 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
913 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
914 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
915 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
916 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
919 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
921 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
923 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
924 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
925 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
926 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
928 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
929 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
930 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
931 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
932 debian/rules to do this
933 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
934 patches are incorporated upstream
935 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
936 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
937 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
938 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
939 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
940 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
942 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
943 system closes: Bug#91249
944 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
945 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
946 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
947 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
948 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
949 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
950 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
951 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
952 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
953 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
954 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
955 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
956 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
958 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
960 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
962 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
963 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
964 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
965 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
967 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
968 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
969 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
971 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
974 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
976 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
978 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
979 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
980 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
981 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
982 package for the time being
983 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
984 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
985 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
986 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
987 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
988 * Rename all .text files as .txt
989 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
990 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
991 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
992 Build-Depends arch syntax
993 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
995 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
996 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
998 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
999 from policy maintenance duties.
1000 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1001 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1003 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1005 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1007 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1009 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1011 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1013 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1014 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1015 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1016 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1017 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1018 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1019 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1020 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1021 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1022 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1023 minor version number for this
1024 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1025 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1026 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1027 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1028 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1029 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1030 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1031 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1032 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1034 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1036 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1038 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1039 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1040 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1041 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1042 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1044 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1046 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1047 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1048 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1049 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1050 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1051 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1052 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1053 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1054 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1055 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1056 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1057 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1058 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1059 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1060 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1061 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1064 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1066 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1068 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1069 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1071 * Document the Enhances relationship
1072 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1073 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1074 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1075 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1076 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1077 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1079 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1081 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1082 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1083 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1084 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1086 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1087 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1088 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1089 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1090 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1092 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1094 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1096 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1097 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1098 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1100 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1101 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1102 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1103 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1104 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1105 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1106 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1107 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1108 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1110 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1112 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1114 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1116 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1117 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1118 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1119 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1120 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1121 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1122 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1123 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1124 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1125 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1126 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1127 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1128 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1129 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1130 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1131 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1132 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1133 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1134 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1135 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1136 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1137 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1139 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1140 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1142 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1144 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1146 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1147 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1148 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1149 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1150 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1151 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1152 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1153 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1154 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1155 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1156 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1157 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1158 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1159 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1160 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1161 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1162 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1163 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1164 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1165 list closes: Bug#53756
1166 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1167 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1168 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1169 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1170 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1171 policy closes: Bug#53760
1172 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1173 policy closes: Bug#53761
1174 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1175 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1176 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1177 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1178 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1179 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1180 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1181 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1182 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1183 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1184 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1186 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1187 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1188 to install with older fileutils.
1189 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1190 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1191 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1192 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1194 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1195 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1197 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1199 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1201 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1202 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1204 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1206 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1208 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1209 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1211 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1214 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1216 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1217 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1219 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1221 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1223 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1225 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1226 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1228 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1230 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1232 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1233 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1234 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1235 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1236 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1237 directoried (closes: #41547)
1238 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1239 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1240 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1241 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1242 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1243 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1244 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1245 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1246 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1247 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1248 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1250 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1251 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1252 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1253 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1254 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1255 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1256 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1258 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1259 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1260 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1261 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1263 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1265 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1267 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1268 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1270 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1272 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1274 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1275 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1277 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1279 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1281 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1282 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1284 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1285 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1286 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1287 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1288 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1289 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1290 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1291 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1292 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1293 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1294 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1295 this closes: Bug#38612
1296 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1297 before. closes: Bug#40864
1299 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1301 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1303 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1304 officially uploaded.
1305 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1307 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1308 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1309 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1311 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1312 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1313 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1314 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1315 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1316 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1318 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1319 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1320 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1322 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1324 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1325 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1326 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1327 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1328 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1330 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1332 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1334 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1335 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1336 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1337 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1338 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1339 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1340 there). closes: Bug#34233
1341 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1342 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1343 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1344 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1345 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1347 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1349 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1351 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1352 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1353 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1354 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1357 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1358 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1359 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1360 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1361 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1364 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1365 number. closes: BUG#25911
1367 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1368 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1369 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1370 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1371 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1372 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1374 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1375 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1376 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1379 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1380 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1381 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1383 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1384 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1385 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1386 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1388 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1389 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1390 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1392 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1394 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1395 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1396 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1397 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1398 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1399 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1400 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1401 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1404 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1406 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1407 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1410 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1412 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1414 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1416 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1418 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1420 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1421 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1422 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1423 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1424 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1425 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1426 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1427 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1429 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1430 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1432 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1434 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1436 * non-maintainer release
1437 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1438 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1440 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1441 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1442 * no content changes
1443 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1445 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1447 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1451 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1453 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1455 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1457 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1458 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1459 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1461 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1462 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1464 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1465 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1466 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1467 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1469 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1470 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1471 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1472 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1473 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1474 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1475 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1477 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1478 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1479 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1482 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1483 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1484 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1486 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1487 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1488 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1490 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1491 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1493 * New version numbering scheme:
1495 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1496 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1497 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1500 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1501 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1502 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1503 differ between the manuals.
1505 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1506 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1507 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1508 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1510 * Packaging changes:
1512 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1513 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1515 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1517 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1519 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1521 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1523 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1524 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1525 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1527 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1528 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1531 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1532 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1533 file extension as the referenced file
1535 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1536 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1538 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1539 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1540 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1541 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1544 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1545 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1546 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1548 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1549 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1550 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1551 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1554 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1555 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1558 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1559 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1560 reasonable default configuration
1562 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1563 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1564 by all news servers and clients
1566 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1567 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1568 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1569 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1570 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1572 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1573 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1576 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1578 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1579 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1581 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1584 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1585 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1587 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1588 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1590 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1592 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1594 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1596 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1597 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1598 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1599 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1601 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1603 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1604 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1605 * Don't use debstd anymore
1607 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1609 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1611 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1612 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1613 contrib/non-free policy
1614 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1615 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1616 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1617 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1618 - new section about `Daemons'
1619 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1620 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1621 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1622 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1623 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1624 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1625 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1626 * SGML source code included in package
1627 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1629 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1631 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1633 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1634 - completely reworked structure
1635 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1636 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1637 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1638 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1639 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1640 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1641 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1642 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1643 - mention "orphaned packages"
1644 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1645 distributions' policy
1646 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1647 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1648 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1649 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1650 - added section about arch spec strings
1651 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1652 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1653 - added section about "menus"
1654 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1655 the new documentation policy soon
1656 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1657 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1659 - added section about editors and pagers
1660 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1661 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1662 - added section about device files
1663 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1664 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1665 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1667 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1668 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1669 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1670 - Added new section about obsolete names
1671 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1672 * Fixed package's description
1674 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1676 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1678 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1680 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1682 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1684 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1685 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1686 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1687 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1689 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1691 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1693 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1694 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1695 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1697 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1698 and upload it "byhand" too.
1700 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1702 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1705 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1706 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1707 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1708 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1709 functionality must not have the same name.
1710 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1711 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1712 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1713 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1714 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1715 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1716 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1718 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1719 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1720 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1721 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1722 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1723 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1724 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1725 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1728 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1730 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1732 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1734 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1735 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1736 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1737 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1738 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1741 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1743 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1745 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1747 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1748 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1749 description of deb file format.
1750 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1751 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1753 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1755 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1756 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1758 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1760 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1762 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1763 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1764 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1765 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1766 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1767 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1768 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1769 packages in section on Procedure
1770 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1771 a package maintainer
1772 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1773 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1774 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1776 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1777 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1778 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1779 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1780 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1781 on various shlib files
1782 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1783 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1784 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1786 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1788 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1790 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1791 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1792 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1794 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1795 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1796 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1797 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1798 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1800 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1802 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1804 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1806 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1808 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1809 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1810 compatibility go in contrib.
1812 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1813 instructions in policy manual.
1814 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1817 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1819 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1821 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1822 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1823 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1824 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1826 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1827 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1830 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1832 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1834 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1835 * More detail about changelog format names.
1837 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1838 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1842 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1844 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1846 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1848 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1850 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1852 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1854 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1856 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1857 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1858 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1860 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1862 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1864 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1866 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1868 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1872 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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