1 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
4 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
8 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
9 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
11 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
13 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
14 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
18 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
19 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
21 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
23 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
24 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
28 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
29 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
33 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
34 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
35 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
36 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
37 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
38 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
39 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
40 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
42 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:23:50 -0700
44 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
46 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
47 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
49 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
51 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
53 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
54 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
55 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
56 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
57 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
58 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
59 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
60 Millan (Closes: #209008).
61 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
62 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
64 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
66 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
68 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
69 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
70 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
71 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
72 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
73 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
74 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
76 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
77 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
78 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
79 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
81 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
82 Küster (Closes: #403391).
83 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
84 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
85 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
86 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
87 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
88 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
89 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
90 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
91 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
92 Closes: #186700, #458910
93 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
94 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
95 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
97 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
98 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
99 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
100 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
101 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
102 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
103 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
104 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
106 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
107 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
109 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
110 * Add an md5sums control file.
111 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
112 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
113 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
114 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
115 currently part of policy.
116 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
117 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
118 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
121 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
123 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
125 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
126 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
127 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
128 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
129 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
130 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
131 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
132 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
133 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
134 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
135 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
136 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
137 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
138 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
139 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
140 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
142 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
144 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
145 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
146 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
148 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
149 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
150 list?" (Closes: #412634).
151 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
152 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
153 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
154 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
155 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
156 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
157 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
158 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
159 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
160 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
161 debconf specification.
162 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
163 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
165 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
167 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
169 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
170 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
171 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
172 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
173 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
175 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
177 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
178 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
179 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
180 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
181 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
183 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
184 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
185 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
186 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
187 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
188 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
189 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
190 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
191 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
192 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
193 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
194 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
195 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
196 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
197 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
198 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
200 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
202 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
203 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
204 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
205 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
206 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
207 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
208 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
209 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
211 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
213 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
215 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
216 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
217 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
218 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
219 Polo (Closes: #372497).
220 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
221 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
223 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
224 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
225 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
226 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
227 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
228 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
229 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
230 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
231 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
232 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
234 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
235 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
236 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
237 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
238 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
239 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
241 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
243 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
245 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
246 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
247 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
248 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
250 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
251 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
253 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
255 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
257 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
258 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
259 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
260 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
261 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
262 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
263 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
264 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
265 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
266 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
268 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
269 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
270 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
271 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
272 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
273 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
274 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
275 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
276 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
277 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
278 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
281 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
283 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
285 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
286 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
287 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
288 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
289 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
290 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
291 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
292 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
293 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
294 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
295 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
296 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
297 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
298 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
299 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
300 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
301 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
302 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
303 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
304 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
305 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
306 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
307 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
308 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
309 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
310 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
311 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
312 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
314 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
315 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
316 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
317 Hess (Closes: #362247).
318 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
319 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
320 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
321 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
322 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
323 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
324 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
325 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
326 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
327 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
328 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
329 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
331 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
332 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
334 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
335 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
336 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
337 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
338 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
339 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
340 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
341 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
342 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
343 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
344 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
346 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
348 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
351 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
352 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
353 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
354 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
355 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
356 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
357 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
358 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
359 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
360 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
361 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
362 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
363 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
365 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
366 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
367 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
368 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
369 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
370 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
371 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
372 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
373 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
374 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
375 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
376 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
377 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
378 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
379 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
380 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
381 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
382 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
383 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
386 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
388 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
390 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
391 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
392 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
393 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
395 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
396 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
397 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
398 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
400 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
402 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
405 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
406 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
407 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
408 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
409 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
410 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
411 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
412 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
413 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
414 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
416 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
417 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
418 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
420 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
421 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
422 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
423 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
424 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
425 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
426 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
428 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
429 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
430 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
431 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
433 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
434 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
435 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
436 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
437 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
438 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
439 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
440 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
442 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
443 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
444 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
445 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
446 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
447 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
448 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
449 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
450 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
451 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
452 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
453 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
454 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
455 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
456 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
457 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
458 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
460 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
462 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
465 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
466 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
467 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
468 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
469 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
470 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
471 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
472 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
473 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
475 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
476 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
477 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
478 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
479 this section. closes: Bug#248618
480 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
481 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
482 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
483 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
484 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
485 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
486 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
487 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
488 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
489 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
490 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
491 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
493 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
494 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
495 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
498 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
499 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
500 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
502 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
503 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
504 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
505 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
506 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
507 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
509 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
510 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
512 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
513 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
514 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
515 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
516 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
517 Closes: #185943, #237049
519 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
521 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
524 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
527 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
528 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
529 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
530 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
531 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
532 running. closes: Bug#187250
533 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
534 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
535 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
536 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
537 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
538 user closes: Bug#176506
540 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
542 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
545 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
546 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
547 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
548 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
549 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
550 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
551 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
552 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
553 deb-building toolchain.
554 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
555 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
556 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
557 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
558 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
559 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
560 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
561 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
562 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
563 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
564 sections about changelog files.
566 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
567 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
568 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
569 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
570 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
571 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
573 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
574 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
575 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
576 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
577 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
578 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
579 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
580 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
581 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
582 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
583 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
584 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
585 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
586 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
587 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
588 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
589 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
590 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
591 for the restructuring
593 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
595 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
598 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
600 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
601 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
602 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
603 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
604 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
605 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
607 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
608 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
609 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
610 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
611 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
612 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
613 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
615 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
616 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
617 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
618 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
620 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
622 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
625 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
626 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
627 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
628 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
629 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
630 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
632 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
633 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
634 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
635 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
637 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
638 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
639 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
640 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
641 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
642 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
643 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
644 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
645 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
647 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
648 script should start it, closes: #60979
649 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
650 "should", closes: #170019
651 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
652 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
653 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
654 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
655 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
656 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
657 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
658 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
661 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
663 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
666 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
667 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
668 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
669 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
670 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
671 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
672 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
673 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
674 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
676 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
677 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
678 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
679 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
680 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
681 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
682 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
683 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
684 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
686 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
687 file, closes: Bug#65764
689 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
691 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
693 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
694 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
695 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
696 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
697 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
698 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
699 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
700 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
701 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
702 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
703 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
704 details. closes: Bug#133030
705 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
706 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
709 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
711 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
713 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
714 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
715 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
716 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
717 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
718 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
719 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
720 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
721 not. closes: Bug#139820
722 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
723 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
724 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
725 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
726 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
727 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
728 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
729 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
730 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
731 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
733 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
735 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
736 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
737 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
738 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
739 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
740 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
741 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
742 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
743 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
744 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
745 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
746 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
747 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
748 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
749 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
750 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
751 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
752 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
753 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
754 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
756 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
757 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
758 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
759 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
760 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
761 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
762 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
764 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
765 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
766 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
767 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
768 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
769 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
770 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
771 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
772 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
774 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
776 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
778 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
779 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
780 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
781 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
782 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
783 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
784 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
785 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
786 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
787 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
788 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
789 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
790 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
791 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
792 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
793 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
794 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
795 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
796 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
797 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
798 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
799 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
800 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
802 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
804 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
806 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
807 medium, high, emergency.
808 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
809 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
810 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
811 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
812 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
815 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
816 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
817 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
819 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
820 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
821 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
822 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
823 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
824 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
825 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
828 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
830 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
832 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
833 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
834 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
835 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
837 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
838 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
839 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
840 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
841 debian/rules to do this
842 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
843 patches are incorporated upstream
844 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
845 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
846 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
847 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
848 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
849 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
851 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
852 system closes: Bug#91249
853 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
854 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
855 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
856 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
857 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
858 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
859 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
860 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
861 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
862 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
863 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
864 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
865 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
867 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
869 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
871 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
872 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
873 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
874 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
876 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
877 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
878 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
880 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
883 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
885 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
887 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
888 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
889 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
890 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
891 package for the time being
892 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
893 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
894 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
895 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
896 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
897 * Rename all .text files as .txt
898 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
899 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
900 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
901 Build-Depends arch syntax
902 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
904 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
905 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
907 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
908 from policy maintenance duties.
909 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
910 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
912 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
914 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
916 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
918 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
920 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
922 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
923 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
924 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
925 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
926 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
927 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
928 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
929 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
930 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
931 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
932 minor version number for this
933 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
934 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
935 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
936 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
937 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
938 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
939 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
940 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
941 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
943 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
945 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
947 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
948 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
949 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
950 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
951 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
953 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
955 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
956 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
957 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
958 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
959 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
960 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
961 xutils closes: Bug#82966
962 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
963 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
964 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
965 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
966 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
967 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
968 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
969 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
970 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
973 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
975 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
977 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
978 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
980 * Document the Enhances relationship
981 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
982 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
983 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
984 policy. closes: Bug#53496
985 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
986 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
988 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
990 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
991 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
992 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
993 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
995 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
996 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
997 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
998 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
999 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1001 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1003 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1005 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1006 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1007 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1009 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1010 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1011 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1012 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1013 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1014 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1015 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1016 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1017 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1019 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1021 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1023 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1025 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1026 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1027 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1028 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1029 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1030 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1031 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1032 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1033 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1034 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1035 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1036 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1037 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1038 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1039 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1040 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1041 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1042 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1043 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1044 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1045 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1046 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1048 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1049 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1051 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1053 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1055 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1056 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1057 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1058 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1059 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1060 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1061 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1062 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1063 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1064 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1065 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1066 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1067 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1068 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1069 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1070 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1071 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1072 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1073 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1074 list closes: Bug#53756
1075 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1076 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1077 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1078 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1079 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1080 policy closes: Bug#53760
1081 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1082 policy closes: Bug#53761
1083 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1084 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1085 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1086 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1087 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1088 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1089 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1090 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1091 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1092 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1093 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1095 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1096 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1097 to install with older fileutils.
1098 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1099 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1100 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1101 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1103 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1104 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1106 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1108 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1110 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1111 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1113 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1115 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1117 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1118 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1120 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1123 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1125 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1126 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1128 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1130 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1132 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1134 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1135 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1137 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1139 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1141 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1142 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1143 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1144 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1145 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1146 directoried (closes: #41547)
1147 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1148 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1149 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1150 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1151 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1152 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1153 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1154 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1155 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1156 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1157 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1159 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1160 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1161 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1162 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1163 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1164 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1165 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1167 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1168 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1169 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1170 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1172 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1174 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1176 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1177 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1179 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1181 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1183 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1184 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1186 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1188 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1190 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1191 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1193 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1194 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1195 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1196 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1197 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1198 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1199 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1200 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1201 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1202 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1203 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1204 this closes: Bug#38612
1205 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1206 before. closes: Bug#40864
1208 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1210 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1212 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1213 officially uploaded.
1214 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1216 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1217 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1218 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1220 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1221 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1222 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1223 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1224 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1225 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1227 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1228 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1229 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1231 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1233 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1234 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1235 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1236 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1237 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1239 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1241 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1243 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1244 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1245 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1246 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1247 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1248 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1249 there). closes: Bug#34233
1250 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1251 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1252 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1253 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1254 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1256 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1258 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1260 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1261 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1262 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1263 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1266 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1267 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1268 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1269 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1270 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1273 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1274 number. closes: BUG#25911
1276 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1277 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1278 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1279 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1280 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1281 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1283 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1284 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1285 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1288 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1289 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1290 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1292 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1293 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1294 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1295 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1297 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1298 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1299 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1301 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1303 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1304 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1305 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1306 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1307 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1308 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1309 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1310 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1313 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1315 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1316 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1319 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1321 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1323 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1325 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1327 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1329 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1330 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1331 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1332 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1333 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1334 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1335 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1336 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1338 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1339 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1341 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1343 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1345 * non-maintainer release
1346 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1347 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1349 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1350 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1351 * no content changes
1352 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1354 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1356 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1360 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1362 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1364 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1366 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1367 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1368 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1370 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1371 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1373 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1374 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1375 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1376 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1378 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1379 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1380 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1381 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1382 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1383 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1384 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1386 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1387 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1388 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1391 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1392 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1393 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1395 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1396 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1397 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1399 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1400 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1402 * New version numbering scheme:
1404 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1405 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1406 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1409 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1410 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1411 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1412 differ between the manuals.
1414 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1415 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1416 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1417 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1419 * Packaging changes:
1421 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1422 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1424 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1426 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1428 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1430 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1432 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1433 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1434 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1436 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1437 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1440 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1441 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1442 file extension as the referenced file
1444 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1445 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1447 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1448 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1449 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1450 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1453 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1454 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1455 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1457 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1458 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1459 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1460 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1463 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1464 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1467 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1468 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1469 reasonable default configuration
1471 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1472 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1473 by all news servers and clients
1475 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1476 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1477 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1478 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1479 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1481 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1482 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1485 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1487 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1488 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1490 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1493 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1494 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1496 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1497 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1499 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1501 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1503 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1505 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1506 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1507 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1508 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1510 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1512 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1513 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1514 * Don't use debstd anymore
1516 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1518 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1520 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1521 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1522 contrib/non-free policy
1523 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1524 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1525 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1526 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1527 - new section about `Daemons'
1528 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1529 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1530 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1531 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1532 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1533 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1534 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1535 * SGML source code included in package
1536 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1538 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1540 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1542 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1543 - completely reworked structure
1544 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1545 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1546 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1547 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1548 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1549 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1550 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1551 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1552 - mention "orphaned packages"
1553 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1554 distributions' policy
1555 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1556 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1557 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1558 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1559 - added section about arch spec strings
1560 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1561 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1562 - added section about "menus"
1563 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1564 the new documentation policy soon
1565 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1566 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1568 - added section about editors and pagers
1569 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1570 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1571 - added section about device files
1572 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1573 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1574 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1576 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1577 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1578 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1579 - Added new section about obsolete names
1580 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1581 * Fixed package's description
1583 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1585 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1587 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1589 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1591 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1593 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1594 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1595 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1596 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1598 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1600 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1602 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1603 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1604 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1606 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1607 and upload it "byhand" too.
1609 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1611 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1614 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1615 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1616 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1617 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1618 functionality must not have the same name.
1619 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1620 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1621 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1622 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1623 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1624 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1625 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1627 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1628 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1629 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1630 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1631 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1632 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1633 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1634 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1637 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1639 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1641 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1643 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1644 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1645 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1646 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1647 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1650 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1652 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1654 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1656 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1657 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1658 description of deb file format.
1659 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1660 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1662 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1664 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1665 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1667 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1669 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1671 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1672 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1673 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1674 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1675 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1676 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1677 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1678 packages in section on Procedure
1679 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1680 a package maintainer
1681 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1682 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1683 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1685 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1686 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1687 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1688 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1689 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1690 on various shlib files
1691 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1692 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1693 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1695 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1697 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1699 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1700 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1701 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1703 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1704 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1705 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1706 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1707 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1709 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1711 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1713 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1715 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1717 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1718 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1719 compatibility go in contrib.
1721 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1722 instructions in policy manual.
1723 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1726 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1728 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1730 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1731 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1732 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1733 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1735 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1736 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1739 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1741 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1743 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1744 * More detail about changelog format names.
1746 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1747 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1751 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1753 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1755 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1757 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1759 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1761 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1763 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1765 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1766 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1767 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1769 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1771 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1773 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1775 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1777 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1781 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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