1 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
4 XXX write a better description here XXX
5 XXX update the section numbers in the upgrading checklist XXX
9 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
12 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
14 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
15 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
16 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
17 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
18 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
19 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
21 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
22 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
23 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
24 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
25 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
26 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
27 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
29 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
30 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
31 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
32 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
34 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
36 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
39 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
40 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
41 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
42 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
43 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
44 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
46 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
47 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
48 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
49 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
51 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
52 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
53 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
54 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
55 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
56 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
57 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
58 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
59 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
61 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
62 script should start it, closes: #60979
63 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
64 "should", closes: #170019
65 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
66 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
67 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
68 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
69 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
70 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
71 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
72 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
75 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
77 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
80 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
81 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
82 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
83 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
84 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
85 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
86 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
87 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
88 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
90 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
91 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
92 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
93 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
94 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
95 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
96 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
97 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
98 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
100 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
101 file, closes: Bug#65764
103 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
105 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
107 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
108 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
109 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
110 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
111 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
112 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
113 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
114 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
115 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
116 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
117 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
118 details. closes: Bug#133030
119 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
120 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
123 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
125 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
127 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
128 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
129 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
130 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
131 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
132 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
133 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
134 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
135 not. closes: Bug#139820
136 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
137 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
138 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
139 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
140 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
141 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
142 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
143 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
144 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
145 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
147 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
149 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
150 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
151 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
152 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
153 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
154 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
155 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
156 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
157 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
158 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
159 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
160 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
161 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
162 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
163 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
164 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
165 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
166 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
167 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
168 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
170 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
171 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
172 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
173 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
174 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
175 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
176 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
178 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
179 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
180 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
181 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
182 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
183 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
184 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
185 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
186 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
188 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
190 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
192 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
193 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
194 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
195 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
196 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
197 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
198 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
199 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
200 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
201 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
202 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
203 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
204 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
205 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
206 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
207 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
208 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
209 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
210 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
211 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
212 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
213 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
214 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
216 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
218 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
220 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
221 medium, high, emergency.
222 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
223 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
224 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
225 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
226 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
229 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
230 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
231 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
233 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
234 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
235 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
236 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
237 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
238 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
239 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
242 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
244 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
246 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
247 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
248 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
249 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
251 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
252 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
253 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
254 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
255 debian/rules to do this
256 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
257 patches are incorporated upstream
258 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
259 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
260 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
261 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
262 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
263 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
265 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
266 system closes: Bug#91249
267 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
268 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
269 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
270 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
271 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
272 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
273 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
274 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
275 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
276 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
277 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
278 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
279 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
281 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
283 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
285 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
286 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
287 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
288 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
290 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
291 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
292 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
294 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
297 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
299 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
301 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
302 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
303 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
304 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
305 package for the time being
306 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
307 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
308 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
309 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
310 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
311 * Rename all .text files as .txt
312 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
313 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
314 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
315 Build-Depends arch syntax
316 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
318 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
319 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
321 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
322 from policy maintenance duties.
323 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
324 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
326 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
328 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
330 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
332 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
334 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
336 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
337 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
338 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
339 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
340 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
341 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
342 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
343 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
344 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
345 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
346 minor version number for this
347 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
348 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
349 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
350 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
351 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
352 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
353 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
354 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
355 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
357 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
359 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
361 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
362 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
363 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
364 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
365 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
367 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
369 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
370 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
371 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
372 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
373 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
374 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
375 xutils closes: Bug#82966
376 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
377 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
378 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
379 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
380 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
381 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
382 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
383 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
384 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
387 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
389 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
391 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
392 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
394 * Document the Enhances relationship
395 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
396 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
397 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
398 policy. closes: Bug#53496
399 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
400 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
402 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
404 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
405 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
406 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
407 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
409 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
410 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
411 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
412 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
413 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
415 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
417 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
419 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
420 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
421 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
423 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
424 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
425 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
426 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
427 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
428 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
429 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
430 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
431 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
433 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
435 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
437 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
439 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
440 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
441 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
442 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
443 policy. closes: Bug#64437
444 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
445 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
446 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
447 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
448 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
449 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
450 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
451 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
452 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
453 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
454 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
455 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
456 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
457 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
458 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
459 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
460 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
462 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
463 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
465 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
467 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
469 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
470 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
471 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
472 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
473 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
474 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
475 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
476 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
477 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
478 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
479 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
480 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
481 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
482 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
483 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
484 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
485 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
486 alternative closes: Bug#53755
487 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
488 list closes: Bug#53756
489 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
490 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
491 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
492 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
493 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
494 policy closes: Bug#53760
495 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
496 policy closes: Bug#53761
497 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
498 that use X closes: Bug#53762
499 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
500 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
501 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
502 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
503 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
504 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
505 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
506 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
507 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
509 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
510 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
511 to install with older fileutils.
512 * Installed FHS version 2.1
513 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
514 * Added FHS details to copyright file
515 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
517 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
518 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
520 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
522 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
524 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
525 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
527 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
529 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
531 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
532 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
534 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
537 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
539 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
540 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
542 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
544 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
546 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
548 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
549 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
551 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
553 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
555 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
556 #45561, #42447, #48570)
557 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
558 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
559 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
560 directoried (closes: #41547)
561 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
562 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
563 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
564 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
565 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
566 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
567 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
568 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
569 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
570 package criteria (closes: #45318)
571 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
573 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
574 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
575 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
576 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
577 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
578 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
579 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
581 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
582 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
583 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
584 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
586 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
588 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
590 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
591 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
593 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
595 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
597 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
598 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
600 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
602 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
604 * A few typos and omissions corrected
605 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
607 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
608 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
609 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
610 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
611 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
612 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
613 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
614 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
615 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
616 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
617 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
618 this closes: Bug#38612
619 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
620 before. closes: Bug#40864
622 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
624 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
626 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
628 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
630 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
631 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
632 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
634 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
635 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
636 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
637 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
638 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
639 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
641 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
642 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
643 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
645 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
647 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
648 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
649 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
650 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
651 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
653 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
655 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
657 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
658 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
659 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
660 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
661 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
662 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
663 there). closes: Bug#34233
664 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
665 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
666 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
667 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
668 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
670 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
672 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
674 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
675 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
676 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
677 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
680 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
681 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
682 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
683 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
684 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
687 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
688 number. closes: BUG#25911
690 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
691 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
692 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
693 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
694 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
695 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
697 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
698 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
699 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
702 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
703 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
704 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
706 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
707 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
708 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
709 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
711 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
712 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
713 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
715 * Make the package optional, not extra.
717 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
718 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
719 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
720 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
721 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
722 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
723 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
724 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
727 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
729 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
730 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
733 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
735 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
737 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
739 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
741 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
743 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
744 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
745 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
746 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
747 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
748 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
749 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
750 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
752 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
753 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
755 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
757 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
759 * non-maintainer release
760 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
761 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
763 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
764 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
766 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
768 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
770 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
774 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
776 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
778 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
780 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
781 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
782 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
784 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
785 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
787 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
788 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
789 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
790 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
792 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
793 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
794 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
795 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
796 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
797 and restart options and to comply with the console message
798 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
800 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
801 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
802 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
805 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
806 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
807 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
809 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
810 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
811 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
813 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
814 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
816 * New version numbering scheme:
818 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
819 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
820 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
823 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
824 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
825 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
826 differ between the manuals.
828 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
829 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
830 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
831 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
835 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
836 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
838 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
840 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
842 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
844 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
846 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
847 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
848 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
850 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
851 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
854 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
855 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
856 file extension as the referenced file
858 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
859 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
861 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
862 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
863 start, stop, restart, force-reload
864 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
867 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
868 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
869 be installed into /etc/cron.d
871 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
872 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
873 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
874 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
877 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
878 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
881 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
882 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
883 reasonable default configuration
885 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
886 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
887 by all news servers and clients
889 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
890 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
891 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
892 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
893 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
895 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
896 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
899 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
901 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
902 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
904 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
907 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
908 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
910 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
911 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
913 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
915 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
917 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
919 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
920 - X library package is now called xlib6g
921 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
922 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
924 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
926 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
927 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
928 * Don't use debstd anymore
930 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
932 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
934 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
935 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
936 contrib/non-free policy
937 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
938 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
939 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
940 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
941 - new section about `Daemons'
942 - updated section about `Configuration files'
943 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
944 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
945 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
946 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
947 * Paper about libc6 migration:
948 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
949 * SGML source code included in package
950 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
952 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
954 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
956 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
957 - completely reworked structure
958 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
959 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
960 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
961 - removed all those ugly footnotes
962 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
963 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
964 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
965 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
966 - mention "orphaned packages"
967 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
968 distributions' policy
969 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
970 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
971 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
972 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
973 - added section about arch spec strings
974 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
975 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
976 - added section about "menus"
977 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
978 the new documentation policy soon
979 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
980 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
982 - added section about editors and pagers
983 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
984 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
985 - added section about device files
986 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
987 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
988 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
990 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
991 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
992 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
993 - Added new section about obsolete names
994 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
995 * Fixed package's description
997 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
999 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1001 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1003 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1005 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1007 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1008 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1009 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1010 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1012 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1014 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1016 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1017 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1018 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1020 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1021 and upload it "byhand" too.
1023 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1025 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1028 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1029 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1030 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1031 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1032 functionality must not have the same name.
1033 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1034 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1035 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1036 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1037 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1038 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1039 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1041 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1042 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1043 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1044 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1045 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1046 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1047 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1048 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1051 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1053 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1055 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1057 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1058 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1059 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1060 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1061 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1064 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1066 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1068 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1070 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1071 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1072 description of deb file format.
1073 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1074 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1076 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1078 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1079 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1081 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1083 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1085 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1086 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1087 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1088 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1089 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1090 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1091 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1092 packages in section on Procedure
1093 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1094 a package maintainer
1095 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1096 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1097 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1099 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1100 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1101 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1102 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1103 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1104 on various shlib files
1105 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1106 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1107 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1109 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1111 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1113 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1114 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1115 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1117 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1118 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1119 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1120 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1121 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1123 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1125 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1127 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1129 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1131 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1132 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1133 compatibility go in contrib.
1135 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1136 instructions in policy manual.
1137 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1140 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1142 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1144 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1145 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1146 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1147 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1149 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1150 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1153 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1155 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1157 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1158 * More detail about changelog format names.
1160 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1161 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1165 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1167 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1169 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1171 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1173 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1175 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1177 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1179 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1180 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1181 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1183 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1185 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1187 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1189 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1191 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1195 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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