1 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
4 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
5 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022.
6 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
7 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927.
8 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
9 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
11 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
12 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209.
13 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
14 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
16 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455.
17 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
18 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
19 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510.
20 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
21 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
22 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
23 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
24 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
26 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
27 script should start it, closes: #60979.
31 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
34 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
35 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
36 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
37 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
38 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
39 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
40 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
41 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
42 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
44 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
45 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
46 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
47 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
48 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
49 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
50 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
51 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
52 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
54 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
55 file, closes: Bug#65764
57 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
59 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
61 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
62 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
63 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
64 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
65 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
66 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
67 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
68 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
69 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
70 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
71 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
72 details. closes: Bug#133030
73 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
74 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
77 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
79 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
81 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
82 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
83 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
84 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
85 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
86 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
87 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
88 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
89 not. closes: Bug#139820
90 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
91 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
92 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
93 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
94 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
95 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
96 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
97 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
98 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
99 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
101 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
103 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
104 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
105 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
106 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
107 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
108 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
109 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
110 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
111 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
112 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
113 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
114 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
115 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
116 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
117 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
118 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
119 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
120 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
121 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
122 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
124 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
125 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
126 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
127 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
128 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
129 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
130 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
132 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
133 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
134 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
135 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
136 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
137 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
138 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
139 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
140 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
142 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
144 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
146 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
147 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
148 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
149 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
150 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
151 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
152 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
153 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
154 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
155 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
156 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
157 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
158 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
159 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
160 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
161 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
162 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
163 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
164 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
165 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
166 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
167 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
168 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
170 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
172 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
174 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
175 medium, high, emergency.
176 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
177 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
178 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
179 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
180 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
183 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
184 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
185 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
187 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
188 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
189 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
190 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
191 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
192 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
193 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
196 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
198 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
200 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
201 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
202 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
203 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
205 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
206 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
207 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
208 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
209 debian/rules to do this
210 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
211 patches are incorporated upstream
212 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
213 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
214 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
215 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
216 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
217 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
219 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
220 system closes: Bug#91249
221 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
222 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
223 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
224 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
225 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
226 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
227 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
228 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
229 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
230 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
231 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
232 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
233 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
235 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
237 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
239 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
240 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
241 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
242 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
244 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
245 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
246 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
248 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
251 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
253 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
255 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
256 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
257 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
258 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
259 package for the time being
260 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
261 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
262 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
263 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
264 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
265 * Rename all .text files as .txt
266 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
267 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
268 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
269 Build-Depends arch syntax
270 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
272 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
273 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
275 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
276 from policy maintenance duties.
277 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
278 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
280 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
282 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
284 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
286 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
288 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
290 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
291 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
292 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
293 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
294 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
295 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
296 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
297 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
298 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
299 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
300 minor version number for this
301 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
302 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
303 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
304 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
305 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
306 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
307 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
308 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
309 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
311 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
313 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
315 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
316 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
317 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
318 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
319 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
321 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
323 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
324 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
325 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
326 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
327 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
328 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
329 xutils closes: Bug#82966
330 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
331 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
332 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
333 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
334 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
335 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
336 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
337 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
338 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
341 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
343 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
345 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
346 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
348 * Document the Enhances relationship
349 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
350 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
351 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
352 policy. closes: Bug#53496
353 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
354 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
356 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
358 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
359 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
360 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
361 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
363 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
364 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
365 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
366 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
367 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
369 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
371 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
373 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
374 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
375 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
377 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
378 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
379 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
380 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
381 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
382 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
383 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
384 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
385 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
387 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
389 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
391 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
393 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
394 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
395 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
396 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
397 policy. closes: Bug#64437
398 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
399 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
400 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
401 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
402 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
403 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
404 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
405 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
406 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
407 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
408 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
409 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
410 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
411 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
412 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
413 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
414 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
416 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
417 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
419 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
421 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
423 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
424 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
425 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
426 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
427 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
428 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
429 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
430 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
431 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
432 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
433 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
434 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
435 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
436 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
437 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
438 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
439 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
440 alternative closes: Bug#53755
441 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
442 list closes: Bug#53756
443 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
444 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
445 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
446 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
447 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
448 policy closes: Bug#53760
449 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
450 policy closes: Bug#53761
451 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
452 that use X closes: Bug#53762
453 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
454 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
455 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
456 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
457 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
458 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
459 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
460 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
461 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
463 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
464 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
465 to install with older fileutils.
466 * Installed FHS version 2.1
467 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
468 * Added FHS details to copyright file
469 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
471 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
472 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
474 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
476 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
478 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
479 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
481 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
483 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
485 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
486 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
488 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
491 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
493 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
494 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
496 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
498 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
500 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
502 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
503 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
505 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
507 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
509 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
510 #45561, #42447, #48570)
511 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
512 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
513 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
514 directoried (closes: #41547)
515 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
516 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
517 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
518 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
519 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
520 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
521 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
522 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
523 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
524 package criteria (closes: #45318)
525 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
527 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
528 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
529 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
530 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
531 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
532 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
533 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
535 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
536 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
537 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
538 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
540 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
542 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
544 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
545 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
547 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
549 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
551 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
552 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
554 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
556 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
558 * A few typos and omissions corrected
559 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
561 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
562 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
563 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
564 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
565 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
566 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
567 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
568 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
569 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
570 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
571 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
572 this closes: Bug#38612
573 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
574 before. closes: Bug#40864
576 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
578 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
580 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
582 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
584 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
585 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
586 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
588 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
589 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
590 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
591 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
592 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
593 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
595 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
596 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
597 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
599 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
601 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
602 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
603 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
604 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
605 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
607 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
609 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
611 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
612 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
613 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
614 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
615 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
616 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
617 there). closes: Bug#34233
618 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
619 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
620 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
621 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
622 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
624 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
626 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
628 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
629 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
630 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
631 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
634 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
635 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
636 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
637 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
638 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
641 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
642 number. closes: BUG#25911
644 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
645 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
646 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
647 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
648 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
649 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
651 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
652 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
653 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
656 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
657 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
658 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
660 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
661 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
662 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
663 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
665 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
666 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
667 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
669 * Make the package optional, not extra.
671 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
672 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
673 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
674 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
675 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
676 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
677 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
678 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
681 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
683 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
684 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
687 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
689 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
691 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
693 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
695 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
697 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
698 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
699 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
700 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
701 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
702 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
703 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
704 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
706 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
707 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
709 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
711 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
713 * non-maintainer release
714 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
715 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
717 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
718 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
720 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
722 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
724 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
728 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
730 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
732 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
734 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
735 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
736 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
738 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
739 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
741 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
742 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
743 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
744 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
746 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
747 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
748 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
749 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
750 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
751 and restart options and to comply with the console message
752 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
754 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
755 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
756 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
759 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
760 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
761 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
763 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
764 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
765 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
767 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
768 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
770 * New version numbering scheme:
772 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
773 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
774 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
777 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
778 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
779 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
780 differ between the manuals.
782 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
783 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
784 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
785 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
789 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
790 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
792 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
794 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
796 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
798 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
800 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
801 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
802 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
804 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
805 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
808 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
809 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
810 file extension as the referenced file
812 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
813 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
815 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
816 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
817 start, stop, restart, force-reload
818 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
821 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
822 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
823 be installed into /etc/cron.d
825 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
826 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
827 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
828 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
831 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
832 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
835 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
836 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
837 reasonable default configuration
839 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
840 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
841 by all news servers and clients
843 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
844 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
845 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
846 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
847 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
849 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
850 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
853 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
855 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
856 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
858 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
861 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
862 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
864 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
865 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
867 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
869 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
871 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
873 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
874 - X library package is now called xlib6g
875 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
876 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
878 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
880 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
881 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
882 * Don't use debstd anymore
884 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
886 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
888 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
889 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
890 contrib/non-free policy
891 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
892 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
893 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
894 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
895 - new section about `Daemons'
896 - updated section about `Configuration files'
897 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
898 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
899 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
900 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
901 * Paper about libc6 migration:
902 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
903 * SGML source code included in package
904 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
906 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
908 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
910 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
911 - completely reworked structure
912 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
913 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
914 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
915 - removed all those ugly footnotes
916 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
917 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
918 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
919 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
920 - mention "orphaned packages"
921 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
922 distributions' policy
923 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
924 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
925 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
926 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
927 - added section about arch spec strings
928 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
929 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
930 - added section about "menus"
931 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
932 the new documentation policy soon
933 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
934 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
936 - added section about editors and pagers
937 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
938 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
939 - added section about device files
940 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
941 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
942 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
944 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
945 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
946 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
947 - Added new section about obsolete names
948 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
949 * Fixed package's description
951 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
953 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
955 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
957 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
959 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
961 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
962 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
963 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
964 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
966 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
968 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
970 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
971 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
972 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
974 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
975 and upload it "byhand" too.
977 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
979 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
982 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
983 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
984 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
985 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
986 functionality must not have the same name.
987 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
988 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
989 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
990 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
991 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
992 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
993 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
995 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
996 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
997 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
998 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
999 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1000 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1001 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1002 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1005 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1007 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1009 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1011 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1012 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1013 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1014 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1015 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1018 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1020 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1022 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1024 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1025 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1026 description of deb file format.
1027 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1028 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1030 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1032 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1033 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1035 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1037 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1039 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1040 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1041 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1042 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1043 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1044 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1045 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1046 packages in section on Procedure
1047 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1048 a package maintainer
1049 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1050 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1051 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1053 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1054 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1055 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1056 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1057 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1058 on various shlib files
1059 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1060 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1061 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1063 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1065 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1067 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1068 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1069 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1071 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1072 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1073 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1074 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1075 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1077 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1079 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1081 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1083 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1085 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1086 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1087 compatibility go in contrib.
1089 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1090 instructions in policy manual.
1091 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1094 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1096 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1098 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1099 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1100 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1101 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1103 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1104 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1107 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1109 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1111 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1112 * More detail about changelog format names.
1114 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1115 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1119 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1121 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1123 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1125 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1127 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1129 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1131 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1133 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1134 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1135 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1137 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1139 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1141 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1143 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1145 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1149 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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