1 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
8 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
9 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
13 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
14 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
18 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
19 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
22 Seconded: Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>
23 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
24 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
26 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
27 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
28 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
29 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
32 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
33 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
35 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
37 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
38 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
39 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
42 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
43 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
44 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
45 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
46 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
47 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
48 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
49 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
50 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
52 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:59:48 -0700
54 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
57 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
58 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
59 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
60 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
61 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
62 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
64 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
65 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
66 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
67 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
69 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
70 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
71 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
72 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
74 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
75 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
76 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
77 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
79 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
80 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
81 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
82 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
86 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
87 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
88 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
89 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
90 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
92 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
93 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
94 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
95 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
97 * Add myself to Uploaders.
100 * Add myself to Uploaders.
101 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
103 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
104 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
105 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
107 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
109 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
111 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
112 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
113 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
114 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
116 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
117 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
118 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
119 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
121 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
122 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
123 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
124 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
126 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
127 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
128 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
129 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
131 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
132 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
133 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
134 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
136 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
137 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
138 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
141 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
142 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
143 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
144 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
146 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
147 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
148 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
149 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
151 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
152 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
153 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
154 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
156 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
157 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
158 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
159 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
161 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
162 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
163 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
164 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
165 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
167 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
168 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
169 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
170 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
171 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
172 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
173 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
174 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
175 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
176 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
177 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
178 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
179 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
180 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
181 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
182 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
183 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
184 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
185 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
186 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
187 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
188 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
189 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
190 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
191 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
192 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
193 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
194 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
195 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
196 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
198 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
199 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
200 links was completed long ago.
201 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
203 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
205 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
207 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
208 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
210 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
212 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
214 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
215 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
216 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
217 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
218 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
219 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
220 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
221 Millan (Closes: #209008).
222 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
223 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
225 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
227 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
229 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
230 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
231 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
232 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
233 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
234 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
235 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
237 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
238 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
239 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
240 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
242 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
243 Küster (Closes: #403391).
244 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
245 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
246 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
247 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
248 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
249 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
250 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
251 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
252 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
253 Closes: #186700, #458910
254 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
255 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
256 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
258 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
259 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
260 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
261 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
262 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
263 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
264 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
265 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
267 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
268 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
270 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
271 * Add an md5sums control file.
272 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
273 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
274 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
275 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
276 currently part of policy.
277 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
278 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
279 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
282 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
284 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
286 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
287 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
288 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
289 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
290 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
291 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
292 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
293 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
294 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
295 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
296 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
297 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
298 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
299 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
300 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
301 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
303 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
305 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
306 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
307 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
309 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
310 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
311 list?" (Closes: #412634).
312 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
313 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
314 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
315 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
316 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
317 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
318 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
319 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
320 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
321 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
322 debconf specification.
323 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
324 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
326 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
328 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
330 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
331 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
332 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
333 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
334 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
336 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
338 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
339 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
340 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
341 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
342 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
344 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
345 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
346 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
347 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
348 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
349 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
350 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
351 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
352 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
353 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
354 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
355 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
356 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
357 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
358 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
359 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
361 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
363 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
364 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
365 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
366 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
367 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
368 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
369 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
370 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
372 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
374 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
376 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
377 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
378 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
379 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
380 Polo (Closes: #372497).
381 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
382 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
384 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
385 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
386 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
387 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
388 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
389 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
390 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
391 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
392 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
393 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
395 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
396 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
397 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
398 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
399 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
400 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
402 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
404 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
406 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
407 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
408 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
409 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
411 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
412 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
414 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
416 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
418 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
419 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
420 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
421 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
422 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
423 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
424 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
425 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
426 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
427 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
429 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
430 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
431 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
432 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
433 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
434 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
435 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
436 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
437 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
438 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
439 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
442 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
444 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
446 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
447 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
448 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
449 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
450 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
451 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
452 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
453 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
454 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
455 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
456 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
457 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
458 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
459 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
460 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
461 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
462 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
463 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
464 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
465 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
466 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
467 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
468 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
469 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
470 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
471 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
472 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
473 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
475 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
476 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
477 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
478 Hess (Closes: #362247).
479 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
480 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
481 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
482 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
483 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
484 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
485 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
486 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
487 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
488 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
489 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
490 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
492 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
493 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
495 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
496 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
497 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
498 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
499 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
500 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
501 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
502 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
503 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
504 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
505 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
507 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
509 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
512 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
513 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
514 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
515 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
516 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
517 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
518 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
519 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
520 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
521 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
522 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
523 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
524 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
526 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
527 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
528 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
529 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
530 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
531 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
532 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
533 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
534 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
535 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
536 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
537 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
538 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
539 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
540 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
541 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
542 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
543 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
544 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
547 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
549 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
551 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
552 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
553 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
554 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
556 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
557 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
558 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
559 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
561 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
563 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
566 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
567 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
568 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
569 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
570 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
571 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
572 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
573 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
574 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
575 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
577 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
578 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
579 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
581 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
582 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
583 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
584 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
585 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
586 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
587 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
589 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
590 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
591 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
592 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
594 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
595 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
596 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
597 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
598 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
599 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
600 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
601 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
603 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
604 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
605 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
606 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
607 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
608 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
609 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
610 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
611 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
612 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
613 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
614 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
615 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
616 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
617 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
618 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
619 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
621 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
623 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
626 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
627 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
628 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
629 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
630 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
631 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
632 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
633 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
634 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
636 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
637 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
638 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
639 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
640 this section. closes: Bug#248618
641 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
642 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
643 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
644 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
645 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
646 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
647 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
648 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
649 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
650 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
651 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
652 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
654 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
655 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
656 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
659 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
660 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
661 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
663 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
664 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
665 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
666 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
667 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
668 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
670 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
671 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
673 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
674 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
675 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
676 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
677 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
678 Closes: #185943, #237049
680 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
682 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
685 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
688 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
689 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
690 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
691 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
692 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
693 running. closes: Bug#187250
694 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
695 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
696 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
697 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
698 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
699 user closes: Bug#176506
701 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
703 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
706 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
707 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
708 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
709 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
710 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
711 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
712 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
713 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
714 deb-building toolchain.
715 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
716 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
717 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
718 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
719 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
720 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
721 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
722 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
723 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
724 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
725 sections about changelog files.
727 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
728 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
729 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
730 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
731 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
732 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
734 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
735 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
736 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
737 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
738 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
739 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
740 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
741 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
742 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
743 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
744 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
745 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
746 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
747 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
748 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
749 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
750 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
751 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
752 for the restructuring
754 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
756 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
759 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
761 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
762 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
763 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
764 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
765 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
766 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
768 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
769 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
770 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
771 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
772 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
773 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
774 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
776 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
777 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
778 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
779 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
781 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
783 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
786 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
787 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
788 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
789 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
790 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
791 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
793 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
794 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
795 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
796 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
798 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
799 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
800 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
801 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
802 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
803 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
804 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
805 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
806 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
808 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
809 script should start it, closes: #60979
810 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
811 "should", closes: #170019
812 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
813 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
814 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
815 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
816 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
817 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
818 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
819 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
822 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
824 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
827 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
828 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
829 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
830 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
831 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
832 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
833 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
834 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
835 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
837 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
838 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
839 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
840 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
841 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
842 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
843 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
844 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
845 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
847 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
848 file, closes: Bug#65764
850 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
852 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
854 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
855 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
856 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
857 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
858 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
859 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
860 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
861 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
862 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
863 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
864 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
865 details. closes: Bug#133030
866 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
867 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
870 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
872 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
874 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
875 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
876 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
877 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
878 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
879 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
880 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
881 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
882 not. closes: Bug#139820
883 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
884 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
885 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
886 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
887 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
888 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
889 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
890 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
891 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
892 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
894 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
896 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
897 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
898 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
899 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
900 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
901 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
902 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
903 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
904 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
905 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
906 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
907 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
908 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
909 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
910 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
911 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
912 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
913 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
914 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
915 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
917 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
918 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
919 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
920 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
921 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
922 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
923 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
925 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
926 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
927 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
928 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
929 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
930 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
931 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
932 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
933 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
935 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
937 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
939 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
940 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
941 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
942 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
943 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
944 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
945 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
946 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
947 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
948 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
949 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
950 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
951 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
952 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
953 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
954 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
955 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
956 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
957 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
958 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
959 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
960 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
961 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
963 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
965 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
967 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
968 medium, high, emergency.
969 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
970 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
971 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
972 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
973 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
976 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
977 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
978 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
980 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
981 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
982 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
983 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
984 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
985 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
986 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
989 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
991 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
993 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
994 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
995 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
996 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
998 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
999 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1000 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1001 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1002 debian/rules to do this
1003 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1004 patches are incorporated upstream
1005 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1006 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1007 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1008 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1009 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1010 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1012 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1013 system closes: Bug#91249
1014 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1015 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1016 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1017 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1018 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1019 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1020 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1021 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1022 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1023 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1024 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1025 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1026 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1028 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1030 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1032 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1033 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1034 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1035 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1037 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1038 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1039 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1041 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1044 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1046 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1048 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1049 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1050 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1051 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1052 package for the time being
1053 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1054 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1055 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1056 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1057 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1058 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1059 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1060 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1061 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1062 Build-Depends arch syntax
1063 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1065 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1066 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1068 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1069 from policy maintenance duties.
1070 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1071 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1073 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1075 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1077 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1079 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1081 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1083 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1084 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1085 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1086 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1087 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1088 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1089 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1090 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1091 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1092 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1093 minor version number for this
1094 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1095 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1096 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1097 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1098 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1099 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1100 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1101 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1102 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1104 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1106 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1108 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1109 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1110 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1111 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1112 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1114 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1116 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1117 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1118 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1119 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1120 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1121 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1122 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1123 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1124 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1125 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1126 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1127 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1128 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1129 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1130 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1131 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1134 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1136 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1138 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1139 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1141 * Document the Enhances relationship
1142 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1143 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1144 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1145 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1146 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1147 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1149 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1151 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1152 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1153 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1154 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1156 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1157 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1158 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1159 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1160 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1162 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1164 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1166 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1167 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1168 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1170 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1171 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1172 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1173 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1174 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1175 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1176 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1177 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1178 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1180 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1182 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1184 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1186 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1187 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1188 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1189 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1190 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1191 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1192 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1193 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1194 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1195 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1196 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1197 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1198 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1199 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1200 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1201 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1202 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1203 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1204 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1205 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1206 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1207 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1209 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1210 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1212 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1214 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1216 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1217 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1218 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1219 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1220 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1221 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1222 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1223 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1224 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1225 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1226 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1227 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1228 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1229 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1230 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1231 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1232 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1233 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1234 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1235 list closes: Bug#53756
1236 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1237 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1238 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1239 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1240 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1241 policy closes: Bug#53760
1242 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1243 policy closes: Bug#53761
1244 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1245 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1246 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1247 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1248 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1249 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1250 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1251 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1252 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1253 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1254 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1256 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1257 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1258 to install with older fileutils.
1259 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1260 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1261 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1262 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1264 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1265 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1267 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1269 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1271 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1272 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1274 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1276 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1278 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1279 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1281 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1284 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1286 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1287 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1289 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1291 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1293 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1295 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1296 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1298 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1300 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1302 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1303 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1304 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1305 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1306 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1307 directoried (closes: #41547)
1308 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1309 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1310 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1311 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1312 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1313 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1314 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1315 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1316 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1317 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1318 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1320 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1321 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1322 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1323 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1324 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1325 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1326 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1328 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1329 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1330 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1331 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1333 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1335 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1337 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1338 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1340 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1342 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1344 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1345 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1347 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1349 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1351 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1352 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1354 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1355 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1356 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1357 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1358 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1359 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1360 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1361 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1362 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1363 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1364 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1365 this closes: Bug#38612
1366 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1367 before. closes: Bug#40864
1369 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1371 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1373 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1374 officially uploaded.
1375 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1377 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1378 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1379 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1381 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1382 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1383 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1384 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1385 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1386 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1388 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1389 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1390 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1392 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1394 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1395 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1396 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1397 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1398 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1400 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1402 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1404 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1405 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1406 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1407 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1408 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1409 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1410 there). closes: Bug#34233
1411 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1412 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1413 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1414 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1415 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1417 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1419 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1421 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1422 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1423 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1424 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1427 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1428 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1429 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1430 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1431 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1434 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1435 number. closes: BUG#25911
1437 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1438 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1439 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1440 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1441 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1442 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1444 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1445 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1446 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1449 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1450 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1451 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1453 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1454 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1455 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1456 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1458 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1459 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1460 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1462 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1464 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1465 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1466 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1467 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1468 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1469 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1470 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1471 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1474 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1476 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1477 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1480 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1482 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1484 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1486 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1488 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1490 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1491 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1492 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1493 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1494 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1495 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1496 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1497 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1499 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1500 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1502 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1504 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1506 * non-maintainer release
1507 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1508 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1510 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1511 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1512 * no content changes
1513 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1515 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1517 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1521 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1523 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1525 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1527 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1528 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1529 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1531 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1532 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1534 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1535 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1536 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1537 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1539 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1540 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1541 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1542 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1543 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1544 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1545 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1547 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1548 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1549 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1552 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1553 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1554 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1556 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1557 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1558 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1560 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1561 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1563 * New version numbering scheme:
1565 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1566 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1567 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1570 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1571 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1572 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1573 differ between the manuals.
1575 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1576 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1577 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1578 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1580 * Packaging changes:
1582 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1583 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1585 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1587 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1589 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1591 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1593 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1594 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1595 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1597 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1598 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1601 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1602 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1603 file extension as the referenced file
1605 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1606 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1608 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1609 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1610 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1611 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1614 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1615 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1616 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1618 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1619 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1620 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1621 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1624 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1625 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1628 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1629 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1630 reasonable default configuration
1632 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1633 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1634 by all news servers and clients
1636 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1637 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1638 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1639 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1640 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1642 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1643 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1646 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1648 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1649 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1651 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1654 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1655 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1657 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1658 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1660 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1662 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1664 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1666 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1667 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1668 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1669 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1671 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1673 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1674 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1675 * Don't use debstd anymore
1677 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1679 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1681 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1682 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1683 contrib/non-free policy
1684 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1685 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1686 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1687 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1688 - new section about `Daemons'
1689 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1690 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1691 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1692 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1693 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1694 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1695 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1696 * SGML source code included in package
1697 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1699 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1701 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1703 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1704 - completely reworked structure
1705 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1706 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1707 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1708 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1709 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1710 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1711 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1712 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1713 - mention "orphaned packages"
1714 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1715 distributions' policy
1716 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1717 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1718 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1719 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1720 - added section about arch spec strings
1721 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1722 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1723 - added section about "menus"
1724 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1725 the new documentation policy soon
1726 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1727 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1729 - added section about editors and pagers
1730 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1731 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1732 - added section about device files
1733 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1734 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1735 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1737 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1738 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1739 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1740 - Added new section about obsolete names
1741 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1742 * Fixed package's description
1744 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1746 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1748 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1750 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1752 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1754 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1755 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1756 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1757 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1759 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1761 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1763 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1764 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1765 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1767 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1768 and upload it "byhand" too.
1770 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1772 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1775 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1776 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1777 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1778 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1779 functionality must not have the same name.
1780 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1781 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1782 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1783 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1784 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1785 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1786 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1788 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1789 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1790 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1791 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1792 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1793 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1794 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1795 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1798 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1800 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1802 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1804 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1805 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1806 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1807 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1808 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1811 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1813 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1815 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1817 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1818 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1819 description of deb file format.
1820 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1821 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1823 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1825 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1826 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1828 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1830 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1832 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1833 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1834 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1835 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1836 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1837 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1838 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1839 packages in section on Procedure
1840 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1841 a package maintainer
1842 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1843 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1844 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1846 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1847 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1848 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1849 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1850 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1851 on various shlib files
1852 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1853 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1854 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1856 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1858 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1860 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1861 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1862 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1864 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1865 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1866 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1867 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1868 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1870 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1872 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1874 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1876 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1878 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1879 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1880 compatibility go in contrib.
1882 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1883 instructions in policy manual.
1884 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1887 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1889 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1891 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1892 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1893 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1894 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1896 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1897 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1900 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1902 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1904 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1905 * More detail about changelog format names.
1907 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1908 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1912 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1914 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1916 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1918 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1920 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1922 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1924 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1926 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1927 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1928 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1930 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1932 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1934 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1936 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1938 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1942 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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