1 debian-policy (3.7.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
4 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
5 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
7 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
9 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
10 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
11 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
12 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
13 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
14 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
15 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
17 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
18 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
19 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
20 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
22 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
23 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
24 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
25 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
26 * Add an md5sums control file.
27 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
28 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
29 currently part of policy.
30 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
31 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
35 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
37 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
38 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
39 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
40 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
41 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
42 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
43 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
44 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
45 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
46 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
47 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
48 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
49 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
50 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
51 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
52 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
54 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
56 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
57 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
58 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
60 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
61 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
62 list?" (Closes: #412634).
63 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
64 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
65 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
66 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
67 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
68 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
69 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
70 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
71 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
72 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
73 debconf specification.
74 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
75 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
77 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
79 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
81 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
82 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
83 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
84 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
85 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
87 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
89 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
90 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
91 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
92 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
93 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
95 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
96 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
97 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
98 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
99 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
100 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
101 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
102 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
103 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
104 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
105 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
106 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
107 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
108 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
109 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
110 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
112 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
114 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
115 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
116 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
117 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
118 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
119 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
120 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
121 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
123 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
125 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
127 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
128 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
129 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
130 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
131 Polo (Closes: #372497).
132 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
133 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
135 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
136 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
137 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
138 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
139 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
140 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
141 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
142 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
143 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
144 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
146 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
147 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
148 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
149 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
150 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
151 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
153 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
155 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
157 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
158 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
159 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
160 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
162 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
163 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
165 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
167 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
169 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
170 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
171 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
172 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
173 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
174 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
175 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
176 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
177 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
178 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
180 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
181 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
182 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
183 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
184 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
185 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
186 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
187 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
188 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
189 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
190 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
193 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
195 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
197 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
198 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
199 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
200 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
201 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
202 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
203 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
204 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
205 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
206 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
207 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
208 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
209 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
210 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
211 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
212 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
213 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
214 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
215 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
216 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
217 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
218 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
219 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
220 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
221 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
222 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
223 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
224 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
226 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
227 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
228 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
229 Hess (Closes: #362247).
230 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
231 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
232 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
233 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
234 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
235 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
236 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
237 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
238 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
239 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
240 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
241 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
243 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
244 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
246 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
247 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
248 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
249 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
250 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
251 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
252 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
253 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
254 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
255 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
256 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
258 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
260 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
263 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
264 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
265 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
266 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
267 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
268 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
269 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
270 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
271 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
272 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
273 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
274 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
275 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
277 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
278 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
279 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
280 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
281 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
282 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
283 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
284 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
285 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
286 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
287 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
288 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
289 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
290 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
291 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
292 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
293 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
294 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
295 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
298 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
300 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
302 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
303 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
304 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
305 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
307 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
308 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
309 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
310 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
312 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
314 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
317 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
318 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
319 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
320 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
321 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
322 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
323 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
324 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
325 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
326 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
328 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
329 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
330 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
332 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
333 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
334 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
335 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
336 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
337 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
338 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
340 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
341 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
342 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
343 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
345 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
346 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
347 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
348 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
349 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
350 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
351 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
352 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
354 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
355 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
356 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
357 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
358 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
359 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
360 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
361 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
362 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
363 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
364 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
365 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
366 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
367 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
368 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
369 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
370 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
372 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
374 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
377 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
378 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
379 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
380 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
381 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
382 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
383 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
384 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
385 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
387 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
388 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
389 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
390 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
391 this section. closes: Bug#248618
392 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
393 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
394 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
395 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
396 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
397 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
398 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
399 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
400 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
401 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
402 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
403 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
405 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
406 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
407 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
410 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
411 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
412 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
414 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
415 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
416 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
417 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
418 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
419 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
421 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
422 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
424 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
425 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
426 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
427 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
428 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
429 Closes: #185943, #237049
431 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
433 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
436 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
439 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
440 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
441 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
442 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
443 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
444 running. closes: Bug#187250
445 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
446 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
447 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
448 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
449 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
450 user closes: Bug#176506
452 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
454 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
457 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
458 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
459 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
460 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
461 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
462 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
463 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
464 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
465 deb-building toolchain.
466 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
467 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
468 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
469 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
470 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
471 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
472 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
473 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
474 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
475 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
476 sections about changelog files.
478 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
479 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
480 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
481 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
482 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
483 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
485 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
486 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
487 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
488 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
489 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
490 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
491 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
492 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
493 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
494 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
495 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
496 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
497 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
498 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
499 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
500 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
501 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
502 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
503 for the restructuring
505 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
507 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
510 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
512 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
513 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
514 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
515 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
516 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
517 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
519 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
520 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
521 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
522 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
523 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
524 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
525 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
527 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
528 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
529 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
530 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
532 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
534 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
537 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
538 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
539 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
540 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
541 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
542 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
544 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
545 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
546 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
547 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
549 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
550 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
551 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
552 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
553 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
554 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
555 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
556 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
557 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
559 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
560 script should start it, closes: #60979
561 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
562 "should", closes: #170019
563 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
564 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
565 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
566 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
567 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
568 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
569 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
570 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
573 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
575 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
578 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
579 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
580 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
581 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
582 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
583 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
584 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
585 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
586 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
588 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
589 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
590 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
591 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
592 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
593 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
594 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
595 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
596 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
598 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
599 file, closes: Bug#65764
601 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
603 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
605 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
606 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
607 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
608 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
609 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
610 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
611 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
612 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
613 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
614 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
615 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
616 details. closes: Bug#133030
617 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
618 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
621 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
623 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
625 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
626 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
627 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
628 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
629 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
630 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
631 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
632 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
633 not. closes: Bug#139820
634 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
635 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
636 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
637 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
638 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
639 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
640 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
641 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
642 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
643 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
645 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
647 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
648 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
649 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
650 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
651 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
652 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
653 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
654 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
655 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
656 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
657 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
658 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
659 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
660 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
661 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
662 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
663 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
664 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
665 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
666 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
668 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
669 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
670 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
671 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
672 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
673 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
674 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
676 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
677 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
678 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
679 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
680 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
681 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
682 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
683 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
684 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
686 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
688 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
690 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
691 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
692 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
693 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
694 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
695 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
696 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
697 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
698 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
699 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
700 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
701 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
702 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
703 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
704 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
705 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
706 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
707 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
708 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
709 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
710 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
711 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
712 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
714 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
716 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
718 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
719 medium, high, emergency.
720 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
721 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
722 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
723 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
724 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
727 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
728 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
729 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
731 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
732 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
733 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
734 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
735 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
736 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
737 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
740 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
742 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
744 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
745 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
746 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
747 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
749 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
750 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
751 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
752 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
753 debian/rules to do this
754 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
755 patches are incorporated upstream
756 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
757 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
758 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
759 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
760 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
761 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
763 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
764 system closes: Bug#91249
765 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
766 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
767 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
768 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
769 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
770 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
771 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
772 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
773 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
774 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
775 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
776 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
777 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
779 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
781 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
783 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
784 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
785 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
786 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
788 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
789 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
790 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
792 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
795 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
797 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
799 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
800 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
801 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
802 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
803 package for the time being
804 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
805 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
806 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
807 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
808 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
809 * Rename all .text files as .txt
810 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
811 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
812 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
813 Build-Depends arch syntax
814 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
816 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
817 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
819 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
820 from policy maintenance duties.
821 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
822 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
824 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
826 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
828 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
830 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
832 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
834 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
835 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
836 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
837 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
838 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
839 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
840 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
841 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
842 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
843 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
844 minor version number for this
845 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
846 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
847 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
848 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
849 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
850 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
851 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
852 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
853 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
855 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
857 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
859 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
860 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
861 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
862 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
863 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
865 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
867 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
868 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
869 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
870 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
871 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
872 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
873 xutils closes: Bug#82966
874 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
875 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
876 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
877 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
878 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
879 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
880 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
881 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
882 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
885 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
887 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
889 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
890 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
892 * Document the Enhances relationship
893 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
894 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
895 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
896 policy. closes: Bug#53496
897 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
898 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
900 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
902 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
903 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
904 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
905 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
907 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
908 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
909 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
910 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
911 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
913 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
915 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
917 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
918 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
919 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
921 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
922 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
923 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
924 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
925 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
926 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
927 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
928 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
929 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
931 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
933 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
935 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
937 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
938 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
939 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
940 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
941 policy. closes: Bug#64437
942 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
943 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
944 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
945 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
946 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
947 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
948 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
949 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
950 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
951 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
952 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
953 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
954 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
955 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
956 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
957 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
958 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
960 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
961 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
963 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
965 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
967 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
968 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
969 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
970 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
971 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
972 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
973 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
974 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
975 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
976 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
977 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
978 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
979 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
980 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
981 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
982 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
983 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
984 alternative closes: Bug#53755
985 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
986 list closes: Bug#53756
987 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
988 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
989 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
990 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
991 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
992 policy closes: Bug#53760
993 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
994 policy closes: Bug#53761
995 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
996 that use X closes: Bug#53762
997 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
998 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
999 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1000 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1001 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1002 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1003 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1004 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1005 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1007 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1008 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1009 to install with older fileutils.
1010 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1011 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1012 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1013 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1015 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1016 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1018 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1020 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1022 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1023 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1025 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1027 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1029 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1030 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1032 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1035 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1037 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1038 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1040 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1042 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1044 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1046 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1047 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1049 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1051 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1053 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1054 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1055 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1056 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1057 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1058 directoried (closes: #41547)
1059 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1060 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1061 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1062 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1063 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1064 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1065 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1066 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1067 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1068 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1069 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1071 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1072 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1073 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1074 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1075 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1076 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1077 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1079 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1080 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1081 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1082 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1084 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1086 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1088 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1089 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1091 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1093 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1095 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1096 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1098 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1100 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1102 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1103 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1105 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1106 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1107 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1108 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1109 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1110 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1111 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1112 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1113 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1114 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1115 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1116 this closes: Bug#38612
1117 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1118 before. closes: Bug#40864
1120 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1122 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1124 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1125 officially uploaded.
1126 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1128 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1129 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1130 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1132 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1133 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1134 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1135 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1136 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1137 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1139 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1140 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1141 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1143 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1145 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1146 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1147 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1148 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1149 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1151 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1153 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1155 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1156 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1157 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1158 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1159 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1160 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1161 there). closes: Bug#34233
1162 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1163 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1164 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1165 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1166 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1168 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1170 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1172 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1173 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1174 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1175 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1178 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1179 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1180 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1181 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1182 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1185 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1186 number. closes: BUG#25911
1188 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1189 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1190 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1191 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1192 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1193 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1195 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1196 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1197 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1200 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1201 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1202 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1204 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1205 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1206 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1207 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1209 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1210 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1211 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1213 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1215 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1216 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1217 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1218 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1219 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1220 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1221 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1222 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1225 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1227 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1228 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1231 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1233 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1235 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1237 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1239 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1241 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1242 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1243 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1244 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1245 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1246 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1247 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1248 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1250 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1251 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1253 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1255 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1257 * non-maintainer release
1258 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1259 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1261 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1262 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1263 * no content changes
1264 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1266 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1268 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1272 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1274 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1276 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1278 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1279 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1280 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1282 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1283 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1285 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1286 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1287 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1288 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1290 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1291 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1292 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1293 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1294 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1295 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1296 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1298 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1299 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1300 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1303 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1304 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1305 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1307 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1308 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1309 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1311 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1312 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1314 * New version numbering scheme:
1316 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1317 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1318 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1321 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1322 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1323 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1324 differ between the manuals.
1326 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1327 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1328 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1329 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1331 * Packaging changes:
1333 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1334 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1336 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1338 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1340 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1342 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1344 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1345 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1346 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1348 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1349 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1352 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1353 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1354 file extension as the referenced file
1356 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1357 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1359 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1360 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1361 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1362 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1365 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1366 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1367 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1369 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1370 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1371 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1372 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1375 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1376 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1379 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1380 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1381 reasonable default configuration
1383 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1384 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1385 by all news servers and clients
1387 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1388 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1389 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1390 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1391 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1393 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1394 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1397 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1399 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1400 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1402 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1405 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1406 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1408 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1409 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1411 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1413 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1415 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1417 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1418 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1419 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1420 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1422 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1424 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1425 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1426 * Don't use debstd anymore
1428 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1430 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1432 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1433 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1434 contrib/non-free policy
1435 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1436 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1437 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1438 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1439 - new section about `Daemons'
1440 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1441 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1442 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1443 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1444 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1445 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1446 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1447 * SGML source code included in package
1448 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1450 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1452 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1454 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1455 - completely reworked structure
1456 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1457 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1458 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1459 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1460 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1461 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1462 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1463 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1464 - mention "orphaned packages"
1465 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1466 distributions' policy
1467 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1468 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1469 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1470 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1471 - added section about arch spec strings
1472 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1473 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1474 - added section about "menus"
1475 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1476 the new documentation policy soon
1477 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1478 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1480 - added section about editors and pagers
1481 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1482 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1483 - added section about device files
1484 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1485 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1486 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1488 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1489 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1490 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1491 - Added new section about obsolete names
1492 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1493 * Fixed package's description
1495 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1497 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1499 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1501 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1503 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1505 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1506 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1507 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1508 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1510 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1512 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1514 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1515 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1516 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1518 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1519 and upload it "byhand" too.
1521 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1523 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1526 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1527 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1528 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1529 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1530 functionality must not have the same name.
1531 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1532 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1533 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1534 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1535 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1536 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1537 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1539 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1540 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1541 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1542 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1543 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1544 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1545 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1546 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1549 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1551 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1553 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1555 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1556 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1557 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1558 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1559 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1562 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1564 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1566 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1568 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1569 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1570 description of deb file format.
1571 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1572 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1574 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1576 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1577 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1579 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1581 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1583 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1584 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1585 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1586 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1587 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1588 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1589 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1590 packages in section on Procedure
1591 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1592 a package maintainer
1593 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1594 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1595 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1597 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1598 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1599 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1600 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1601 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1602 on various shlib files
1603 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1604 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1605 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1607 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1609 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1611 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1612 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1613 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1615 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1616 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1617 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1618 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1619 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1621 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1623 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1625 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1627 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1629 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1630 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1631 compatibility go in contrib.
1633 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1634 instructions in policy manual.
1635 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1638 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1640 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1642 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1643 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1644 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1645 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1647 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1648 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1651 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1653 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1655 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1656 * More detail about changelog format names.
1658 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1659 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1663 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1665 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1667 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1669 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1671 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1673 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1675 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1677 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1678 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1679 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1681 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1683 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1685 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1687 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1689 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1693 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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