1 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
4 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
8 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
9 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
11 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
13 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
14 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
18 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
19 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
21 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
23 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
24 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
28 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
29 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
33 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
34 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
35 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
36 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
38 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
39 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
41 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
43 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
44 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
45 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
46 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
48 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
49 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
50 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
51 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
52 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
53 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
54 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
55 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
56 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
57 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
58 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
59 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
60 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
61 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
62 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
63 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
64 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
65 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
66 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
67 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
68 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
69 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
70 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
71 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
72 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
73 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
74 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
75 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
77 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:23:50 -0700
79 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
81 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
82 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
84 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
86 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
88 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
89 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
90 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
91 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
92 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
93 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
94 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
95 Millan (Closes: #209008).
96 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
97 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
99 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
101 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
103 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
104 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
105 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
106 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
107 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
108 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
109 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
111 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
112 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
113 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
114 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
116 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
117 Küster (Closes: #403391).
118 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
119 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
120 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
121 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
122 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
123 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
124 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
125 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
126 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
127 Closes: #186700, #458910
128 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
129 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
130 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
132 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
133 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
134 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
135 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
136 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
137 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
138 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
139 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
141 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
142 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
144 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
145 * Add an md5sums control file.
146 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
147 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
148 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
149 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
150 currently part of policy.
151 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
152 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
153 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
156 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
158 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
160 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
161 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
162 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
163 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
164 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
165 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
166 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
167 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
168 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
169 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
170 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
171 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
172 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
173 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
174 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
175 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
177 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
179 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
180 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
181 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
183 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
184 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
185 list?" (Closes: #412634).
186 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
187 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
188 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
189 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
190 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
191 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
192 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
193 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
194 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
195 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
196 debconf specification.
197 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
198 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
200 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
202 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
204 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
205 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
206 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
207 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
208 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
210 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
212 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
213 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
214 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
215 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
216 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
218 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
219 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
220 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
221 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
222 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
223 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
224 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
225 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
226 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
227 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
228 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
229 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
230 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
231 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
232 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
233 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
235 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
237 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
238 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
239 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
240 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
241 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
242 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
243 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
244 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
246 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
248 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
250 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
251 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
252 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
253 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
254 Polo (Closes: #372497).
255 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
256 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
258 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
259 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
260 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
261 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
262 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
263 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
264 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
265 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
266 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
267 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
269 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
270 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
271 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
272 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
273 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
274 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
276 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
278 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
280 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
281 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
282 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
283 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
285 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
286 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
288 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
290 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
292 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
293 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
294 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
295 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
296 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
297 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
298 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
299 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
300 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
301 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
303 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
304 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
305 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
306 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
307 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
308 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
309 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
310 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
311 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
312 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
313 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
316 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
318 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
320 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
321 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
322 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
323 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
324 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
325 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
326 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
327 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
328 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
329 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
330 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
331 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
332 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
333 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
334 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
335 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
336 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
337 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
338 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
339 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
340 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
341 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
342 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
343 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
344 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
345 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
346 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
347 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
349 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
350 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
351 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
352 Hess (Closes: #362247).
353 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
354 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
355 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
356 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
357 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
358 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
359 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
360 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
361 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
362 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
363 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
364 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
366 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
367 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
369 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
370 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
371 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
372 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
373 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
374 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
375 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
376 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
377 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
378 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
379 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
381 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
383 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
386 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
387 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
388 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
389 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
390 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
391 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
392 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
393 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
394 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
395 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
396 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
397 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
398 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
400 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
401 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
402 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
403 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
404 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
405 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
406 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
407 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
408 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
409 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
410 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
411 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
412 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
413 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
414 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
415 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
416 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
417 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
418 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
421 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
423 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
425 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
426 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
427 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
428 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
430 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
431 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
432 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
433 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
435 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
437 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
440 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
441 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
442 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
443 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
444 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
445 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
446 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
447 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
448 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
449 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
451 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
452 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
453 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
455 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
456 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
457 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
458 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
459 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
460 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
461 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
463 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
464 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
465 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
466 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
468 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
469 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
470 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
471 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
472 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
473 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
474 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
475 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
477 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
478 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
479 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
480 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
481 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
482 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
483 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
484 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
485 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
486 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
487 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
488 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
489 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
490 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
491 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
492 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
493 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
495 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
497 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
500 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
501 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
502 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
503 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
504 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
505 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
506 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
507 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
508 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
510 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
511 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
512 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
513 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
514 this section. closes: Bug#248618
515 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
516 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
517 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
518 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
519 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
520 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
521 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
522 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
523 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
524 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
525 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
526 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
528 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
529 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
530 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
533 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
534 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
535 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
537 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
538 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
539 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
540 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
541 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
542 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
544 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
545 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
547 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
548 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
549 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
550 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
551 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
552 Closes: #185943, #237049
554 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
556 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
559 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
562 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
563 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
564 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
565 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
566 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
567 running. closes: Bug#187250
568 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
569 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
570 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
571 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
572 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
573 user closes: Bug#176506
575 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
577 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
580 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
581 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
582 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
583 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
584 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
585 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
586 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
587 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
588 deb-building toolchain.
589 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
590 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
591 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
592 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
593 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
594 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
595 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
596 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
597 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
598 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
599 sections about changelog files.
601 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
602 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
603 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
604 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
605 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
606 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
608 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
609 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
610 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
611 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
612 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
613 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
614 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
615 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
616 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
617 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
618 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
619 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
620 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
621 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
622 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
623 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
624 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
625 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
626 for the restructuring
628 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
630 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
633 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
635 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
636 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
637 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
638 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
639 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
640 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
642 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
643 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
644 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
645 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
646 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
647 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
648 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
650 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
651 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
652 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
653 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
655 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
657 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
660 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
661 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
662 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
663 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
664 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
665 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
667 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
668 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
669 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
670 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
672 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
673 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
674 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
675 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
676 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
677 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
678 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
679 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
680 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
682 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
683 script should start it, closes: #60979
684 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
685 "should", closes: #170019
686 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
687 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
688 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
689 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
690 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
691 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
692 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
693 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
696 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
698 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
701 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
702 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
703 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
704 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
705 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
706 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
707 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
708 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
709 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
711 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
712 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
713 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
714 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
715 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
716 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
717 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
718 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
719 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
721 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
722 file, closes: Bug#65764
724 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
726 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
728 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
729 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
730 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
731 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
732 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
733 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
734 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
735 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
736 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
737 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
738 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
739 details. closes: Bug#133030
740 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
741 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
744 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
746 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
748 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
749 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
750 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
751 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
752 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
753 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
754 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
755 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
756 not. closes: Bug#139820
757 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
758 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
759 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
760 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
761 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
762 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
763 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
764 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
765 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
766 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
768 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
770 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
771 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
772 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
773 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
774 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
775 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
776 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
777 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
778 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
779 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
780 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
781 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
782 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
783 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
784 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
785 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
786 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
787 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
788 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
789 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
791 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
792 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
793 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
794 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
795 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
796 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
797 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
799 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
800 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
801 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
802 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
803 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
804 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
805 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
806 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
807 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
809 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
811 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
813 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
814 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
815 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
816 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
817 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
818 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
819 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
820 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
821 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
822 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
823 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
824 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
825 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
826 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
827 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
828 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
829 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
830 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
831 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
832 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
833 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
834 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
835 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
837 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
839 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
841 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
842 medium, high, emergency.
843 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
844 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
845 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
846 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
847 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
850 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
851 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
852 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
854 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
855 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
856 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
857 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
858 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
859 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
860 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
863 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
865 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
867 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
868 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
869 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
870 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
872 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
873 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
874 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
875 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
876 debian/rules to do this
877 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
878 patches are incorporated upstream
879 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
880 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
881 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
882 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
883 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
884 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
886 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
887 system closes: Bug#91249
888 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
889 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
890 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
891 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
892 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
893 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
894 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
895 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
896 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
897 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
898 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
899 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
900 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
902 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
904 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
906 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
907 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
908 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
909 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
911 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
912 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
913 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
915 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
918 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
920 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
922 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
923 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
924 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
925 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
926 package for the time being
927 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
928 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
929 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
930 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
931 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
932 * Rename all .text files as .txt
933 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
934 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
935 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
936 Build-Depends arch syntax
937 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
939 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
940 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
942 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
943 from policy maintenance duties.
944 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
945 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
947 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
949 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
951 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
953 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
955 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
957 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
958 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
959 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
960 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
961 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
962 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
963 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
964 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
965 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
966 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
967 minor version number for this
968 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
969 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
970 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
971 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
972 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
973 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
974 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
975 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
976 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
978 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
980 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
982 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
983 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
984 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
985 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
986 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
988 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
990 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
991 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
992 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
993 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
994 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
995 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
996 xutils closes: Bug#82966
997 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
998 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
999 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1000 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1001 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1002 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1003 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1004 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1005 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1008 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1010 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1012 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1013 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1015 * Document the Enhances relationship
1016 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1017 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1018 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1019 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1020 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1021 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1023 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1025 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1026 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1027 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1028 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1030 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1031 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1032 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1033 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1034 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1036 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1038 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1040 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1041 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1042 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1044 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1045 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1046 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1047 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1048 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1049 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1050 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1051 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1052 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1054 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1056 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1058 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1060 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1061 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1062 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1063 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1064 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1065 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1066 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1067 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1068 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1069 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1070 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1071 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1072 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1073 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1074 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1075 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1076 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1077 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1078 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1079 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1080 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1081 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1083 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1084 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1086 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1088 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1090 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1091 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1092 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1093 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1094 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1095 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1096 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1097 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1098 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1099 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1100 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1101 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1102 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1103 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1104 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1105 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1106 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1107 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1108 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1109 list closes: Bug#53756
1110 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1111 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1112 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1113 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1114 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1115 policy closes: Bug#53760
1116 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1117 policy closes: Bug#53761
1118 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1119 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1120 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1121 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1122 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1123 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1124 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1125 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1126 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1127 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1128 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1130 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1131 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1132 to install with older fileutils.
1133 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1134 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1135 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1136 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1138 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1139 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1141 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1143 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1145 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1146 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1148 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1150 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1152 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1153 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1155 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1158 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1160 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1161 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1163 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1165 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1167 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1169 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1170 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1172 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1174 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1176 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1177 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1178 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1179 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1180 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1181 directoried (closes: #41547)
1182 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1183 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1184 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1185 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1186 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1187 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1188 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1189 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1190 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1191 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1192 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1194 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1195 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1196 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1197 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1198 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1199 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1200 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1202 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1203 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1204 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1205 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1207 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1209 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1211 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1212 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1214 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1216 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1218 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1219 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1221 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1223 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1225 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1226 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1228 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1229 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1230 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1231 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1232 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1233 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1234 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1235 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1236 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1237 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1238 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1239 this closes: Bug#38612
1240 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1241 before. closes: Bug#40864
1243 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1245 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1247 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1248 officially uploaded.
1249 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1251 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1252 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1253 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1255 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1256 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1257 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1258 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1259 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1260 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1262 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1263 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1264 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1266 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1268 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1269 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1270 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1271 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1272 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1274 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1276 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1278 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1279 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1280 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1281 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1282 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1283 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1284 there). closes: Bug#34233
1285 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1286 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1287 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1288 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1289 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1291 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1293 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1295 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1296 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1297 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1298 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1301 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1302 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1303 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1304 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1305 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1308 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1309 number. closes: BUG#25911
1311 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1312 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1313 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1314 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1315 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1316 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1318 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1319 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1320 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1323 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1324 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1325 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1327 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1328 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1329 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1330 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1332 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1333 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1334 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1336 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1338 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1339 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1340 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1341 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1342 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1343 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1344 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1345 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1348 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1350 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1351 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1354 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1356 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1358 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1360 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1362 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1364 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1365 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1366 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1367 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1368 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1369 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1370 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1371 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1373 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1374 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1376 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1378 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1380 * non-maintainer release
1381 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1382 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1384 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1385 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1386 * no content changes
1387 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1389 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1391 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1395 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1397 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1399 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1401 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1402 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1403 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1405 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1406 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1408 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1409 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1410 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1411 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1413 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1414 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1415 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1416 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1417 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1418 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1419 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1421 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1422 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1423 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1426 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1427 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1428 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1430 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1431 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1432 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1434 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1435 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1437 * New version numbering scheme:
1439 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1440 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1441 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1444 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1445 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1446 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1447 differ between the manuals.
1449 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1450 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1451 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1452 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1454 * Packaging changes:
1456 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1457 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1459 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1461 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1463 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1465 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1467 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1468 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1469 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1471 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1472 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1475 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1476 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1477 file extension as the referenced file
1479 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1480 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1482 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1483 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1484 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1485 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1488 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1489 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1490 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1492 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1493 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1494 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1495 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1498 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1499 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1502 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1503 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1504 reasonable default configuration
1506 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1507 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1508 by all news servers and clients
1510 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1511 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1512 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1513 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1514 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1516 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1517 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1520 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1522 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1523 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1525 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1528 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1529 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1531 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1532 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1534 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1536 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1538 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1540 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1541 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1542 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1543 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1545 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1547 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1548 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1549 * Don't use debstd anymore
1551 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1553 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1555 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1556 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1557 contrib/non-free policy
1558 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1559 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1560 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1561 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1562 - new section about `Daemons'
1563 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1564 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1565 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1566 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1567 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1568 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1569 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1570 * SGML source code included in package
1571 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1573 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1575 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1577 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1578 - completely reworked structure
1579 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1580 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1581 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1582 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1583 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1584 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1585 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1586 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1587 - mention "orphaned packages"
1588 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1589 distributions' policy
1590 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1591 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1592 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1593 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1594 - added section about arch spec strings
1595 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1596 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1597 - added section about "menus"
1598 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1599 the new documentation policy soon
1600 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1601 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1603 - added section about editors and pagers
1604 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1605 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1606 - added section about device files
1607 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1608 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1609 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1611 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1612 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1613 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1614 - Added new section about obsolete names
1615 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1616 * Fixed package's description
1618 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1620 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1622 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1624 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1626 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1628 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1629 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1630 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1631 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1633 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1635 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1637 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1638 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1639 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1641 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1642 and upload it "byhand" too.
1644 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1646 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1649 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1650 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1651 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1652 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1653 functionality must not have the same name.
1654 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1655 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1656 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1657 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1658 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1659 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1660 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1662 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1663 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1664 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1665 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1666 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1667 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1668 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1669 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1672 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1674 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1676 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1678 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1679 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1680 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1681 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1682 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1685 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1687 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1689 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1691 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1692 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1693 description of deb file format.
1694 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1695 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1697 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1699 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1700 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1702 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1704 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1706 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1707 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1708 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1709 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1710 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1711 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1712 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1713 packages in section on Procedure
1714 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1715 a package maintainer
1716 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1717 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1718 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1720 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1721 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1722 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1723 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1724 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1725 on various shlib files
1726 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1727 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1728 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1730 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1732 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1734 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1735 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1736 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1738 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1739 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1740 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1741 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1742 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1744 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1746 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1748 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1750 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1752 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1753 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1754 compatibility go in contrib.
1756 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1757 instructions in policy manual.
1758 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1761 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1763 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1765 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1766 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1767 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1768 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1770 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1771 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1774 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1776 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1778 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1779 * More detail about changelog format names.
1781 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1782 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1786 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1788 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1790 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1792 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1794 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1796 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1798 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1800 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1801 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1802 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1804 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1806 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1808 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1810 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1812 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1816 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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