1 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
8 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
9 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
13 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
14 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
18 * Policy: Remove permission for packages to modify ld.so.conf
19 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
22 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
23 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
25 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
26 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
27 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
28 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
29 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
31 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
32 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
33 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
36 * Policy: Remove restriction on manual page character encoding
37 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
38 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
39 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@golden-gryphon.com>
41 * Policy: Allow Binary field to span multiple lines
42 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
43 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
44 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
46 * Policy: Revise info requirements for triggerized install-info
47 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
48 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
49 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
51 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
52 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
53 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
54 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
56 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
57 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
58 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
59 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
60 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
61 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
62 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
63 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
64 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
65 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
66 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
67 * Clarify the description of the Files control field and add examples.
68 * Change the wording of the Description and Changes field specifications
69 for *.changes files to more closely match the wording for Files and
70 add more details about the contents of the Description field in
72 * Merge the package name syntax requirements between the Package and
73 Source field descriptions.
74 * Say that sensible-editor and sensible-pager are provided by the
75 sensible-utils package, not by the base system. Thanks, Clint Adams
76 and Steve Langasek. (Closes: #541537)
77 * Document that control field values are case-sensitive unless the field
78 description says otherwise.
80 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sat, 15 Aug 2009 17:13:26 -0700
82 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
85 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
86 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
87 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
88 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
89 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
90 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
92 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
93 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
94 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
95 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
97 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
98 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
99 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
100 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
102 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
103 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
105 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
107 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
108 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
109 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
110 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
114 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
115 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
116 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
117 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
118 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
120 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
121 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
122 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
123 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
125 * Add myself to Uploaders.
128 * Add myself to Uploaders.
129 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
131 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
132 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
133 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
135 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
137 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
139 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
140 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
141 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
142 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
144 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
145 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
146 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
147 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
149 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
150 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
151 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
152 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
154 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
155 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
156 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
157 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
159 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
160 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
161 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
162 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
164 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
165 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
166 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
167 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
169 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
170 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
171 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
172 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
174 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
175 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
176 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
177 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
179 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
180 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
181 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
182 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
184 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
185 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
186 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
187 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
189 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
190 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
191 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
192 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
193 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
195 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
196 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
197 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
198 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
199 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
200 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
201 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
202 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
203 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
204 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
205 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
206 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
207 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
208 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
209 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
210 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
211 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
212 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
213 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
214 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
215 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
216 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
217 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
218 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
219 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
220 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
221 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
222 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
223 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
224 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
226 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
227 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
228 links was completed long ago.
229 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
231 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
233 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
235 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
236 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
238 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
240 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
242 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
243 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
244 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
245 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
246 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
247 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
248 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
249 Millan (Closes: #209008).
250 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
251 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
253 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
255 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
257 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
258 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
259 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
260 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
261 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
262 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
263 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
265 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
266 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
267 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
268 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
270 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
271 Küster (Closes: #403391).
272 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
273 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
274 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
275 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
276 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
277 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
278 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
279 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
280 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
281 Closes: #186700, #458910
282 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
283 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
284 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
286 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
287 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
288 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
289 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
290 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
291 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
292 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
293 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
295 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
296 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
298 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
299 * Add an md5sums control file.
300 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
301 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
302 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
303 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
304 currently part of policy.
305 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
306 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
307 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
310 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
312 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
314 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
315 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
316 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
317 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
318 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
319 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
320 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
321 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
322 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
323 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
324 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
325 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
326 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
327 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
328 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
329 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
331 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
333 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
334 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
335 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
337 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
338 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
339 list?" (Closes: #412634).
340 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
341 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
342 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
343 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
344 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
345 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
346 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
347 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
348 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
349 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
350 debconf specification.
351 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
352 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
354 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
356 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
358 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
359 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
360 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
361 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
362 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
364 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
366 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
367 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
368 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
369 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
370 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
372 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
373 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
374 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
375 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
376 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
377 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
378 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
379 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
380 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
381 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
382 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
383 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
384 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
385 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
386 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
387 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
389 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
391 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
392 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
393 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
394 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
395 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
396 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
397 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
398 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
400 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
402 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
404 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
405 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
406 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
407 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
408 Polo (Closes: #372497).
409 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
410 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
412 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
413 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
414 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
415 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
416 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
417 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
418 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
419 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
420 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
421 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
423 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
424 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
425 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
426 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
427 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
428 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
430 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
432 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
434 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
435 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
436 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
437 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
439 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
440 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
442 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
444 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
446 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
447 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
448 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
449 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
450 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
451 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
452 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
453 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
454 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
455 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
457 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
458 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
459 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
460 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
461 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
462 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
463 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
464 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
465 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
466 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
467 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
470 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
472 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
474 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
475 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
476 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
477 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
478 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
479 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
480 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
481 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
482 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
483 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
484 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
485 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
486 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
487 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
488 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
489 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
490 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
491 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
492 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
493 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
494 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
495 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
496 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
497 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
498 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
499 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
500 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
501 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
503 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
504 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
505 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
506 Hess (Closes: #362247).
507 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
508 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
509 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
510 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
511 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
512 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
513 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
514 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
515 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
516 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
517 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
518 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
520 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
521 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
523 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
524 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
525 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
526 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
527 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
528 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
529 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
530 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
531 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
532 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
533 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
535 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
537 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
540 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
541 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
542 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
543 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
544 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
545 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
546 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
547 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
548 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
549 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
550 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
551 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
552 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
554 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
555 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
556 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
557 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
558 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
559 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
560 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
561 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
562 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
563 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
564 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
565 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
566 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
567 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
568 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
569 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
570 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
571 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
572 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
575 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
577 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
579 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
580 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
581 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
582 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
584 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
585 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
586 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
587 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
589 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
591 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
594 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
595 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
596 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
597 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
598 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
599 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
600 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
601 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
602 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
603 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
605 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
606 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
607 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
609 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
610 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
611 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
612 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
613 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
614 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
615 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
617 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
618 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
619 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
620 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
622 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
623 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
624 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
625 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
626 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
627 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
628 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
629 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
631 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
632 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
633 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
634 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
635 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
636 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
637 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
638 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
639 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
640 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
641 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
642 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
643 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
644 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
645 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
646 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
647 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
649 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
651 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
654 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
655 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
656 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
657 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
658 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
659 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
660 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
661 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
662 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
664 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
665 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
666 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
667 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
668 this section. closes: Bug#248618
669 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
670 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
671 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
672 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
673 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
674 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
675 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
676 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
677 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
678 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
679 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
680 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
682 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
683 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
684 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
687 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
688 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
689 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
691 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
692 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
693 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
694 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
695 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
696 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
698 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
699 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
701 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
702 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
703 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
704 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
705 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
706 Closes: #185943, #237049
708 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
710 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
713 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
716 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
717 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
718 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
719 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
720 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
721 running. closes: Bug#187250
722 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
723 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
724 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
725 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
726 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
727 user closes: Bug#176506
729 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
731 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
734 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
735 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
736 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
737 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
738 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
739 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
740 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
741 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
742 deb-building toolchain.
743 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
744 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
745 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
746 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
747 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
748 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
749 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
750 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
751 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
752 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
753 sections about changelog files.
755 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
756 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
757 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
758 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
759 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
760 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
762 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
763 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
764 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
765 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
766 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
767 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
768 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
769 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
770 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
771 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
772 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
773 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
774 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
775 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
776 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
777 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
778 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
779 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
780 for the restructuring
782 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
784 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
787 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
789 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
790 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
791 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
792 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
793 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
794 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
796 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
797 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
798 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
799 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
800 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
801 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
802 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
804 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
805 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
806 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
807 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
809 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
811 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
814 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
815 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
816 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
817 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
818 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
819 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
821 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
822 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
823 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
824 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
826 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
827 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
828 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
829 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
830 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
831 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
832 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
833 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
834 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
836 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
837 script should start it, closes: #60979
838 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
839 "should", closes: #170019
840 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
841 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
842 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
843 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
844 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
845 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
846 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
847 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
850 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
852 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
855 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
856 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
857 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
858 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
859 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
860 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
861 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
862 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
863 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
865 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
866 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
867 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
868 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
869 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
870 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
871 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
872 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
873 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
875 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
876 file, closes: Bug#65764
878 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
880 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
882 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
883 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
884 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
885 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
886 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
887 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
888 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
889 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
890 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
891 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
892 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
893 details. closes: Bug#133030
894 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
895 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
898 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
900 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
902 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
903 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
904 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
905 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
906 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
907 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
908 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
909 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
910 not. closes: Bug#139820
911 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
912 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
913 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
914 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
915 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
916 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
917 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
918 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
919 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
920 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
922 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
924 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
925 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
926 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
927 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
928 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
929 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
930 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
931 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
932 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
933 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
934 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
935 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
936 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
937 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
938 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
939 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
940 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
941 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
942 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
943 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
945 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
946 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
947 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
948 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
949 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
950 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
951 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
953 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
954 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
955 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
956 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
957 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
958 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
959 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
960 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
961 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
963 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
965 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
967 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
968 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
969 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
970 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
971 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
972 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
973 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
974 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
975 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
976 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
977 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
978 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
979 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
980 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
981 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
982 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
983 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
984 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
985 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
986 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
987 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
988 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
989 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
991 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
993 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
995 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
996 medium, high, emergency.
997 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
998 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
999 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
1000 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
1001 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
1004 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
1005 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
1006 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
1008 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
1009 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
1010 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
1011 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
1012 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
1013 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
1014 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
1017 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
1019 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
1021 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
1022 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
1023 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
1024 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1026 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1027 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1028 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1029 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1030 debian/rules to do this
1031 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1032 patches are incorporated upstream
1033 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1034 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1035 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1036 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1037 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1038 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1040 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1041 system closes: Bug#91249
1042 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1043 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1044 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1045 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1046 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1047 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1048 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1049 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1050 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1051 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1052 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1053 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1054 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1056 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1058 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1060 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1061 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1062 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1063 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1065 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1066 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1067 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1069 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1072 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1074 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1076 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1077 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1078 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1079 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1080 package for the time being
1081 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1082 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1083 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1084 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1085 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1086 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1087 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1088 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1089 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1090 Build-Depends arch syntax
1091 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1093 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1094 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1096 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1097 from policy maintenance duties.
1098 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1099 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1101 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1103 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1105 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1107 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1109 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1111 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1112 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1113 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1114 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1115 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1116 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1117 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1118 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1119 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1120 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1121 minor version number for this
1122 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1123 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1124 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1125 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1126 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1127 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1128 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1129 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1130 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1132 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1134 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1136 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1137 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1138 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1139 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1140 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1142 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1144 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1145 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1146 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1147 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1148 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1149 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1150 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1151 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1152 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1153 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1154 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1155 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1156 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1157 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1158 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1159 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1162 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1164 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1166 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1167 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1169 * Document the Enhances relationship
1170 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1171 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1172 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1173 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1174 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1175 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1177 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1179 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1180 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1181 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1182 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1184 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1185 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1186 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1187 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1188 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1190 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1192 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1194 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1195 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1196 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1198 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1199 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1200 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1201 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1202 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1203 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1204 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1205 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1206 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1208 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1210 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1212 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1214 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1215 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1216 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1217 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1218 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1219 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1220 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1221 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1222 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1223 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1224 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1225 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1226 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1227 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1228 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1229 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1230 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1231 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1232 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1233 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1234 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1235 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1237 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1238 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1240 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1242 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1244 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1245 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1246 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1247 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1248 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1249 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1250 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1251 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1252 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1253 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1254 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1255 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1256 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1257 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1258 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1259 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1260 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1261 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1262 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1263 list closes: Bug#53756
1264 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1265 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1266 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1267 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1268 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1269 policy closes: Bug#53760
1270 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1271 policy closes: Bug#53761
1272 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1273 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1274 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1275 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1276 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1277 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1278 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1279 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1280 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1281 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1282 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1284 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1285 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1286 to install with older fileutils.
1287 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1288 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1289 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1290 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1292 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1293 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1295 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1297 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1299 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1300 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1302 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1304 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1306 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1307 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1309 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1312 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1314 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1315 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1317 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1319 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1321 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1323 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1324 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1326 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1328 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1330 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1331 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1332 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1333 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1334 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1335 directoried (closes: #41547)
1336 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1337 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1338 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1339 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1340 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1341 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1342 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1343 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1344 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1345 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1346 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1348 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1349 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1350 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1351 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1352 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1353 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1354 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1356 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1357 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1358 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1359 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1361 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1363 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1365 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1366 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1368 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1370 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1372 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1373 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1375 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1377 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1379 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1380 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1382 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1383 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1384 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1385 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1386 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1387 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1388 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1389 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1390 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1391 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1392 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1393 this closes: Bug#38612
1394 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1395 before. closes: Bug#40864
1397 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1399 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1401 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1402 officially uploaded.
1403 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1405 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1406 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1407 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1409 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1410 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1411 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1412 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1413 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1414 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1416 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1417 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1418 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1420 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1422 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1423 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1424 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1425 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1426 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1428 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1430 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1432 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1433 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1434 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1435 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1436 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1437 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1438 there). closes: Bug#34233
1439 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1440 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1441 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1442 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1443 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1445 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1447 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1449 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1450 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1451 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1452 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1455 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1456 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1457 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1458 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1459 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1462 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1463 number. closes: BUG#25911
1465 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1466 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1467 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1468 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1469 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1470 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1472 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1473 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1474 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1477 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1478 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1479 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1481 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1482 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1483 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1484 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1486 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1487 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1488 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1490 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1492 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1493 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1494 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1495 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1496 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1497 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1498 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1499 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1502 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1504 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1505 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1508 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1510 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1512 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1514 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1516 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1518 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1519 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1520 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1521 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1522 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1523 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1524 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1525 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1527 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1528 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1530 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1532 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1534 * non-maintainer release
1535 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1536 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1538 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1539 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1540 * no content changes
1541 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1543 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1545 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1549 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1551 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1553 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1555 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1556 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1557 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1559 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1560 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1562 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1563 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1564 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1565 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1567 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1568 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1569 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1570 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1571 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1572 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1573 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1575 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1576 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1577 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1580 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1581 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1582 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1584 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1585 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1586 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1588 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1589 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1591 * New version numbering scheme:
1593 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1594 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1595 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1598 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1599 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1600 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1601 differ between the manuals.
1603 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1604 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1605 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1606 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1608 * Packaging changes:
1610 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1611 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1613 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1615 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1617 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1619 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1621 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1622 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1623 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1625 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1626 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1629 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1630 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1631 file extension as the referenced file
1633 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1634 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1636 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1637 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1638 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1639 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1642 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1643 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1644 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1646 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1647 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1648 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1649 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1652 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1653 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1656 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1657 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1658 reasonable default configuration
1660 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1661 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1662 by all news servers and clients
1664 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1665 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1666 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1667 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1668 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1670 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1671 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1674 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1676 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1677 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1679 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1682 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1683 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1685 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1686 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1688 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1690 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1692 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1694 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1695 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1696 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1697 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1699 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1701 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1702 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1703 * Don't use debstd anymore
1705 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1707 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1709 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1710 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1711 contrib/non-free policy
1712 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1713 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1714 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1715 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1716 - new section about `Daemons'
1717 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1718 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1719 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1720 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1721 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1722 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1723 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1724 * SGML source code included in package
1725 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1727 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1729 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1731 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1732 - completely reworked structure
1733 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1734 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1735 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1736 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1737 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1738 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1739 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1740 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1741 - mention "orphaned packages"
1742 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1743 distributions' policy
1744 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1745 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1746 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1747 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1748 - added section about arch spec strings
1749 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1750 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1751 - added section about "menus"
1752 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1753 the new documentation policy soon
1754 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1755 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1757 - added section about editors and pagers
1758 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1759 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1760 - added section about device files
1761 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1762 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1763 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1765 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1766 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1767 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1768 - Added new section about obsolete names
1769 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1770 * Fixed package's description
1772 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1774 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1776 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1778 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1780 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1782 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1783 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1784 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1785 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1787 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1789 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1791 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1792 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1793 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1795 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1796 and upload it "byhand" too.
1798 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1800 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1803 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1804 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1805 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1806 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1807 functionality must not have the same name.
1808 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1809 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1810 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1811 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1812 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1813 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1814 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1816 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1817 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1818 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1819 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1820 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1821 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1822 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1823 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1826 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1828 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1830 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1832 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1833 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1834 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1835 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1836 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1839 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1841 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1843 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1845 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1846 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1847 description of deb file format.
1848 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1849 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1851 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1853 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1854 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1856 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1858 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1860 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1861 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1862 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1863 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1864 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1865 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1866 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1867 packages in section on Procedure
1868 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1869 a package maintainer
1870 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1871 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1872 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1874 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1875 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1876 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1877 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1878 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1879 on various shlib files
1880 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1881 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1882 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1884 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1886 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1888 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1889 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1890 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1892 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1893 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1894 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1895 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1896 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1898 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1900 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1902 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1904 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1906 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1907 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1908 compatibility go in contrib.
1910 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1911 instructions in policy manual.
1912 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1915 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1917 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1919 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1920 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1921 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1922 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1924 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1925 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1928 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1930 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1932 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1933 * More detail about changelog format names.
1935 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1936 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1940 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1942 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1944 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1946 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1948 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1950 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1952 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1954 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1955 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1956 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1958 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1960 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1962 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1964 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1966 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1970 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100