1 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
7 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
9 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
10 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
11 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
12 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
13 policy. closes: Bug#64437
14 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
15 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
16 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
17 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
18 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
19 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
20 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
21 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
22 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
23 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
24 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
25 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
26 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
27 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
28 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
29 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
30 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
32 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
33 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
35 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
37 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
39 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
40 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
41 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
42 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
43 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
44 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
45 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
46 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
47 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
48 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
49 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
50 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
51 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
52 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
53 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
54 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
55 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
56 alternative closes: Bug#53755
57 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
58 list closes: Bug#53756
59 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
60 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
61 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
62 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
63 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
64 policy closes: Bug#53760
65 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
66 policy closes: Bug#53761
67 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
68 that use X closes: Bug#53762
69 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
70 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
71 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
72 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
73 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
74 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
75 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
76 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
77 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
79 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
80 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
81 to install with older fileutils.
82 * Installed FHS version 2.1
83 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
84 * Added FHS details to copyright file
85 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
87 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
88 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
90 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
92 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
94 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
95 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
97 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
99 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
101 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
102 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
104 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
107 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
109 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
110 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
112 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
114 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
116 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
118 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
119 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
121 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
123 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
125 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
126 #45561, #42447, #48570)
127 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
128 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
129 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
130 directoried (closes: #41547)
131 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
132 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
133 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
134 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
135 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
136 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
137 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
138 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
139 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
140 package criteria (closes: #45318)
141 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
143 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
144 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
145 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
146 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
147 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
148 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
149 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
151 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
152 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
153 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
154 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
156 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
158 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
160 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
161 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
163 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
165 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
167 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
168 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
170 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
172 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
174 * A few typos and omissions corrected
175 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
177 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
178 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
179 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
180 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
181 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
182 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
183 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
184 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
185 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
186 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
187 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
188 this closes: Bug#38612
189 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
190 before. closes: Bug#40864
192 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
194 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
196 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
198 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
200 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
201 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
202 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
204 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
205 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
206 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
207 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
208 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
209 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
211 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
212 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
213 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
215 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
217 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
218 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
219 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
220 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
221 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
223 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
225 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
227 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
228 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
229 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
230 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
231 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
232 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
233 there). closes: Bug#34233
234 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
235 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
236 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
237 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
238 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
240 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
242 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
244 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
245 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
246 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
247 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
250 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
251 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
252 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
253 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
254 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
257 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
258 number. closes: BUG#25911
260 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
261 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
262 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
263 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
264 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
265 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
267 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
268 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
269 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
272 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
273 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
274 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
276 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
277 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
278 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
279 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
281 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
282 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
283 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
285 * Make the package optional, not extra.
287 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
288 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
289 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
290 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
291 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
292 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
293 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
294 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
297 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
299 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
300 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
303 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
305 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
307 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
309 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
311 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
313 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
314 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
315 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
316 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
317 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
318 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
319 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
320 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
322 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
323 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
325 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
327 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
329 * non-maintainer release
330 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
331 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
333 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
334 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
336 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
338 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
340 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
344 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
346 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
348 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
350 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
351 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
352 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
354 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
355 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
357 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
358 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
359 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
360 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
362 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
363 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
364 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
365 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
366 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
367 and restart options and to comply with the console message
368 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
370 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
371 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
372 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
375 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
376 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
377 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
379 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
380 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
381 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
383 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
384 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
386 * New version numbering scheme:
388 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
389 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
390 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
393 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
394 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
395 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
396 differ between the manuals.
398 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
399 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
400 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
401 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
405 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
406 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
408 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
410 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
412 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
414 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
416 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
417 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
418 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
420 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
421 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
424 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
425 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
426 file extension as the referenced file
428 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
429 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
431 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
432 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
433 start, stop, restart, force-reload
434 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
437 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
438 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
439 be installed into /etc/cron.d
441 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
442 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
443 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
444 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
447 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
448 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
451 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
452 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
453 reasonable default configuration
455 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
456 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
457 by all news servers and clients
459 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
460 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
461 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
462 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
463 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
465 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
466 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
469 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
471 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
472 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
474 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
477 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
478 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
480 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
481 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
483 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
485 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
487 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
489 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
490 - X library package is now called xlib6g
491 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
492 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
494 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
496 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
497 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
498 * Don't use debstd anymore
500 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
502 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
504 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
505 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
506 contrib/non-free policy
507 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
508 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
509 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
510 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
511 - new section about `Daemons'
512 - updated section about `Configuration files'
513 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
514 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
515 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
516 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
517 * Paper about libc6 migration:
518 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
519 * SGML source code included in package
520 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
522 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
524 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
526 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
527 - completely reworked structure
528 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
529 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
530 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
531 - removed all those ugly footnotes
532 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
533 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
534 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
535 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
536 - mention "orphaned packages"
537 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
538 distributions' policy
539 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
540 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
541 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
542 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
543 - added section about arch spec strings
544 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
545 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
546 - added section about "menus"
547 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
548 the new documentation policy soon
549 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
550 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
552 - added section about editors and pagers
553 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
554 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
555 - added section about device files
556 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
557 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
558 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
560 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
561 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
562 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
563 - Added new section about obsolete names
564 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
565 * Fixed package's description
567 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
569 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
571 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
573 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
575 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
577 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
578 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
579 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
580 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
582 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
584 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
586 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
587 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
588 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
590 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
591 and upload it "byhand" too.
593 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
595 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
598 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
599 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
600 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
601 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
602 functionality must not have the same name.
603 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
604 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
605 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
606 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
607 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
608 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
609 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
611 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
612 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
613 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
614 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
615 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
616 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
617 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
618 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
621 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
623 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
625 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
627 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
628 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
629 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
630 a package into. (Guy Maor)
631 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
634 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
636 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
638 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
640 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
641 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
642 description of deb file format.
643 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
644 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
646 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
648 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
649 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
651 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
653 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
655 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
656 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
657 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
658 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
659 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
660 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
661 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
662 packages in section on Procedure
663 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
665 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
666 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
667 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
669 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
670 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
671 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
672 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
673 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
674 on various shlib files
675 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
676 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
677 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
679 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
681 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
683 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
684 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
685 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
687 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
688 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
689 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
690 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
691 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
693 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
695 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
697 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
699 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
701 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
702 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
703 compatibility go in contrib.
705 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
706 instructions in policy manual.
707 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
710 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
712 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
714 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
715 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
716 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
717 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
719 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
720 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
723 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
725 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
727 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
728 * More detail about changelog format names.
730 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
731 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
735 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
737 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
739 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
741 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
743 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
745 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
747 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
749 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
750 * More verbosity about netiquette.
751 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
753 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
755 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
757 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
759 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
761 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
765 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
768 mode: debian-changelog