1 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
5 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
6 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
7 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
8 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
9 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
10 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
11 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
12 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
13 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
15 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
16 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
17 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
19 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
20 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
21 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
22 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
23 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
24 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
25 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
27 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
28 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
29 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
30 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
32 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
33 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
34 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
35 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
36 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
37 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
38 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
39 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
41 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
42 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
46 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
49 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
50 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
51 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
52 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
53 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
54 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
55 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
56 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
57 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
59 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
60 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
61 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
62 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
63 this section. closes: Bug#248618
64 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
65 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
66 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
67 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
68 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
69 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
70 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
71 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
72 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
73 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
74 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
75 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
77 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
78 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
79 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
82 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
83 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
84 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
86 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
87 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
88 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
89 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
90 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
91 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
93 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
94 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
96 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
97 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
98 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
99 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
100 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
101 Closes: #185943, #237049
103 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
105 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
108 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
111 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
112 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
113 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
114 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
115 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
116 running. closes: Bug#187250
117 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
118 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
119 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
120 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
121 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
122 user closes: Bug#176506
124 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
126 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
129 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
130 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
131 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
132 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
133 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
134 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
135 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
136 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
137 deb-building toolchain.
138 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
139 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
140 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
141 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
142 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
143 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
144 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
145 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
146 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
147 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
148 sections about changelog files.
150 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
151 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
152 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
153 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
154 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
155 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
157 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
158 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
159 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
160 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
161 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
162 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
163 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
164 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
165 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
166 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
167 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
168 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
169 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
170 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
171 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
172 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
173 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
174 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
175 for the restructuring
177 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
179 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
182 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
184 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
185 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
186 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
187 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
188 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
189 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
191 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
192 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
193 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
194 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
195 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
196 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
197 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
199 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
200 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
201 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
202 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
204 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
206 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
209 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
210 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
211 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
212 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
213 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
214 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
216 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
217 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
218 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
219 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
221 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
222 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
223 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
224 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
225 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
226 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
227 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
228 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
229 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
231 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
232 script should start it, closes: #60979
233 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
234 "should", closes: #170019
235 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
236 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
237 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
238 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
239 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
240 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
241 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
242 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
245 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
247 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
250 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
251 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
252 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
253 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
254 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
255 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
256 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
257 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
258 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
260 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
261 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
262 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
263 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
264 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
265 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
266 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
267 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
268 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
270 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
271 file, closes: Bug#65764
273 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
275 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
277 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
278 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
279 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
280 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
281 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
282 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
283 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
284 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
285 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
286 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
287 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
288 details. closes: Bug#133030
289 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
290 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
293 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
295 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
297 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
298 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
299 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
300 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
301 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
302 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
303 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
304 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
305 not. closes: Bug#139820
306 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
307 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
308 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
309 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
310 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
311 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
312 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
313 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
314 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
315 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
317 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
319 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
320 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
321 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
322 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
323 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
324 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
325 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
326 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
327 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
328 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
329 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
330 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
331 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
332 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
333 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
334 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
335 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
336 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
337 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
338 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
340 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
341 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
342 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
343 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
344 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
345 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
346 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
348 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
349 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
350 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
351 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
352 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
353 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
354 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
355 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
356 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
358 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
360 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
362 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
363 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
364 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
365 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
366 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
367 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
368 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
369 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
370 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
371 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
372 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
373 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
374 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
375 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
376 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
377 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
378 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
379 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
380 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
381 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
382 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
383 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
384 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
386 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
388 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
390 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
391 medium, high, emergency.
392 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
393 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
394 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
395 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
396 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
399 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
400 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
401 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
403 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
404 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
405 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
406 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
407 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
408 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
409 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
412 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
414 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
416 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
417 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
418 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
419 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
421 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
422 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
423 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
424 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
425 debian/rules to do this
426 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
427 patches are incorporated upstream
428 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
429 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
430 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
431 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
432 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
433 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
435 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
436 system closes: Bug#91249
437 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
438 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
439 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
440 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
441 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
442 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
443 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
444 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
445 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
446 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
447 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
448 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
449 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
451 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
453 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
455 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
456 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
457 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
458 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
460 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
461 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
462 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
464 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
467 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
469 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
471 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
472 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
473 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
474 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
475 package for the time being
476 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
477 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
478 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
479 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
480 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
481 * Rename all .text files as .txt
482 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
483 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
484 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
485 Build-Depends arch syntax
486 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
488 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
489 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
491 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
492 from policy maintenance duties.
493 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
494 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
496 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
498 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
500 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
502 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
504 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
506 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
507 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
508 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
509 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
510 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
511 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
512 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
513 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
514 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
515 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
516 minor version number for this
517 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
518 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
519 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
520 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
521 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
522 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
523 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
524 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
525 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
527 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
529 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
531 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
532 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
533 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
534 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
535 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
537 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
539 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
540 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
541 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
542 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
543 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
544 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
545 xutils closes: Bug#82966
546 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
547 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
548 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
549 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
550 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
551 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
552 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
553 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
554 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
557 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
559 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
561 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
562 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
564 * Document the Enhances relationship
565 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
566 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
567 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
568 policy. closes: Bug#53496
569 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
570 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
572 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
574 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
575 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
576 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
577 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
579 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
580 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
581 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
582 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
583 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
585 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
587 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
589 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
590 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
591 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
593 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
594 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
595 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
596 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
597 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
598 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
599 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
600 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
601 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
603 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
605 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
607 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
609 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
610 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
611 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
612 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
613 policy. closes: Bug#64437
614 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
615 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
616 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
617 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
618 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
619 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
620 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
621 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
622 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
623 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
624 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
625 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
626 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
627 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
628 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
629 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
630 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
632 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
633 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
635 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
637 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
639 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
640 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
641 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
642 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
643 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
644 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
645 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
646 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
647 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
648 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
649 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
650 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
651 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
652 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
653 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
654 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
655 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
656 alternative closes: Bug#53755
657 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
658 list closes: Bug#53756
659 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
660 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
661 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
662 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
663 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
664 policy closes: Bug#53760
665 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
666 policy closes: Bug#53761
667 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
668 that use X closes: Bug#53762
669 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
670 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
671 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
672 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
673 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
674 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
675 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
676 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
677 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
679 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
680 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
681 to install with older fileutils.
682 * Installed FHS version 2.1
683 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
684 * Added FHS details to copyright file
685 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
687 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
688 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
690 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
692 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
694 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
695 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
697 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
699 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
701 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
702 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
704 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
707 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
709 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
710 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
712 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
714 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
716 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
718 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
719 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
721 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
723 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
725 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
726 #45561, #42447, #48570)
727 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
728 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
729 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
730 directoried (closes: #41547)
731 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
732 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
733 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
734 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
735 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
736 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
737 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
738 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
739 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
740 package criteria (closes: #45318)
741 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
743 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
744 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
745 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
746 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
747 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
748 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
749 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
751 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
752 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
753 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
754 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
756 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
758 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
760 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
761 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
763 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
765 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
767 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
768 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
770 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
772 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
774 * A few typos and omissions corrected
775 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
777 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
778 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
779 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
780 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
781 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
782 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
783 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
784 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
785 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
786 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
787 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
788 this closes: Bug#38612
789 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
790 before. closes: Bug#40864
792 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
794 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
796 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
798 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
800 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
801 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
802 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
804 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
805 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
806 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
807 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
808 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
809 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
811 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
812 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
813 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
815 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
817 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
818 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
819 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
820 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
821 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
823 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
825 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
827 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
828 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
829 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
830 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
831 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
832 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
833 there). closes: Bug#34233
834 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
835 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
836 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
837 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
838 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
840 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
842 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
844 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
845 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
846 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
847 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
850 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
851 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
852 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
853 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
854 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
857 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
858 number. closes: BUG#25911
860 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
861 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
862 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
863 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
864 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
865 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
867 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
868 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
869 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
872 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
873 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
874 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
876 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
877 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
878 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
879 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
881 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
882 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
883 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
885 * Make the package optional, not extra.
887 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
888 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
889 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
890 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
891 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
892 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
893 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
894 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
897 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
899 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
900 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
903 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
905 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
907 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
909 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
911 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
913 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
914 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
915 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
916 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
917 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
918 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
919 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
920 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
922 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
923 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
925 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
927 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
929 * non-maintainer release
930 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
931 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
933 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
934 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
936 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
938 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
940 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
944 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
946 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
948 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
950 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
951 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
952 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
954 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
955 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
957 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
958 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
959 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
960 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
962 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
963 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
964 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
965 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
966 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
967 and restart options and to comply with the console message
968 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
970 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
971 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
972 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
975 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
976 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
977 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
979 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
980 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
981 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
983 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
984 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
986 * New version numbering scheme:
988 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
989 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
990 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
993 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
994 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
995 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
996 differ between the manuals.
998 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
999 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1000 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1001 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1003 * Packaging changes:
1005 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1006 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1008 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1010 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1012 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1014 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1016 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1017 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1018 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1020 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1021 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1024 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1025 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1026 file extension as the referenced file
1028 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1029 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1031 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1032 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1033 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1034 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1037 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1038 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1039 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1041 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1042 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1043 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1044 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1047 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1048 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1051 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1052 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1053 reasonable default configuration
1055 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1056 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1057 by all news servers and clients
1059 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1060 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1061 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1062 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1063 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1065 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1066 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1069 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1071 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1072 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1074 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1077 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1078 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1080 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1081 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1083 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1085 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1087 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1089 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1090 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1091 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1092 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1094 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1096 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1097 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1098 * Don't use debstd anymore
1100 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1102 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1104 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1105 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1106 contrib/non-free policy
1107 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1108 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1109 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1110 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1111 - new section about `Daemons'
1112 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1113 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1114 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1115 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1116 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1117 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1118 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1119 * SGML source code included in package
1120 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1122 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1124 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1126 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1127 - completely reworked structure
1128 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1129 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1130 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1131 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1132 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1133 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1134 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1135 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1136 - mention "orphaned packages"
1137 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1138 distributions' policy
1139 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1140 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1141 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1142 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1143 - added section about arch spec strings
1144 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1145 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1146 - added section about "menus"
1147 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1148 the new documentation policy soon
1149 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1150 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1152 - added section about editors and pagers
1153 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1154 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1155 - added section about device files
1156 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1157 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1158 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1160 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1161 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1162 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1163 - Added new section about obsolete names
1164 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1165 * Fixed package's description
1167 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1169 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1171 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1173 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1175 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1177 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1178 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1179 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1180 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1182 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1184 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1186 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1187 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1188 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1190 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1191 and upload it "byhand" too.
1193 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1195 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1198 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1199 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1200 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1201 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1202 functionality must not have the same name.
1203 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1204 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1205 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1206 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1207 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1208 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1209 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1211 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1212 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1213 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1214 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1215 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1216 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1217 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1218 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1221 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1223 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1225 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1227 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1228 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1229 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1230 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1231 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1234 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1236 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1238 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1240 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1241 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1242 description of deb file format.
1243 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1244 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1246 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1248 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1249 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1251 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1253 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1255 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1256 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1257 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1258 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1259 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1260 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1261 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1262 packages in section on Procedure
1263 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1264 a package maintainer
1265 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1266 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1267 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1269 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1270 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1271 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1272 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1273 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1274 on various shlib files
1275 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1276 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1277 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1279 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1281 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1283 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1284 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1285 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1287 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1288 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1289 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1290 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1291 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1293 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1295 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1297 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1299 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1301 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1302 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1303 compatibility go in contrib.
1305 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1306 instructions in policy manual.
1307 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1310 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1312 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1314 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1315 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1316 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1317 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1319 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1320 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1323 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1325 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1327 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1328 * More detail about changelog format names.
1330 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1331 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1335 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1337 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1339 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1341 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1343 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1345 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1347 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1349 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1350 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1351 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1353 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1355 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1357 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1359 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1361 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1365 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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