1 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) UNRELEASED; 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: Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>
23 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
24 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
26 * Policy: Clarify X installation directory handling
27 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
28 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
29 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
32 * Policy: Localized man pages should be up-to-date or warn
33 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
34 Seconded: Helge Kreutzmann <debian@helgefjell.de>
35 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
37 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
38 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
39 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
42 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
43 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
44 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
45 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
46 * Clarify the units of Installed-Size and document that it is an
47 approximation. Thanks, Martin Dorey. (Closes: #534408)
48 * Don't suggest calling dpkg-statoverride --remove unconditionally in
49 the postrm script. Thanks, Patrick Schoenfeld. (Closes: #539389)
50 * Explain that the copyright dates are for the original Policy manual
51 and that there is no updated list of copyright holders for subsequent
52 revisions available. (Partly addresses #47438)
54 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:59:48 -0700
56 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
59 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
60 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
61 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
62 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
63 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
64 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
66 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
67 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
68 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
69 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
71 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
72 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
73 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
74 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
76 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
77 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
78 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
79 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
81 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
82 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
83 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
84 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
88 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
89 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
90 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
91 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
92 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
94 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
95 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
96 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
97 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
99 * Add myself to Uploaders.
102 * Add myself to Uploaders.
103 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
105 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
106 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
107 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
109 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
111 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
113 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
114 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
115 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
116 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
118 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
119 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
120 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
121 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
123 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
124 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
125 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
126 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
128 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
129 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
130 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
131 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
133 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
134 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
135 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
136 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
138 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
139 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
140 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
141 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
143 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
144 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
145 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
146 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
148 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
149 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
150 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
151 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
153 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
154 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
155 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
156 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
158 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
159 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
160 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
161 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
163 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
164 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
165 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
166 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
167 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
169 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
170 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
171 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
172 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
173 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
174 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
175 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
176 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
177 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
178 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
179 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
180 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
181 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
182 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
183 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
184 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
185 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
186 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
187 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
188 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
189 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
190 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
191 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
192 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
193 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
194 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
195 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
196 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
197 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
198 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
200 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
201 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
202 links was completed long ago.
203 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
205 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
207 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
209 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
210 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
212 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
214 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
216 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
217 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
218 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
219 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
220 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
221 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
222 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
223 Millan (Closes: #209008).
224 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
225 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
227 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
229 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
231 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
232 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
233 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
234 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
235 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
236 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
237 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
239 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
240 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
241 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
242 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
244 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
245 Küster (Closes: #403391).
246 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
247 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
248 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
249 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
250 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
251 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
252 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
253 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
254 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
255 Closes: #186700, #458910
256 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
257 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
258 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
260 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
261 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
262 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
263 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
264 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
265 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
266 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
267 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
269 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
270 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
272 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
273 * Add an md5sums control file.
274 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
275 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
276 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
277 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
278 currently part of policy.
279 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
280 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
281 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
284 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
286 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
288 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
289 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
290 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
291 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
292 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
293 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
294 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
295 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
296 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
297 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
298 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
299 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
300 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
301 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
302 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
303 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
305 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
307 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
308 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
309 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
311 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
312 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
313 list?" (Closes: #412634).
314 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
315 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
316 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
317 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
318 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
319 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
320 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
321 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
322 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
323 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
324 debconf specification.
325 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
326 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
328 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
330 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
332 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
333 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
334 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
335 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
336 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
338 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
340 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
341 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
342 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
343 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
344 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
346 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
347 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
348 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
349 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
350 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
351 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
352 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
353 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
354 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
355 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
356 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
357 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
358 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
359 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
360 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
361 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
363 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
365 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
366 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
367 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
368 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
369 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
370 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
371 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
372 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
374 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
376 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
378 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
379 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
380 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
381 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
382 Polo (Closes: #372497).
383 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
384 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
386 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
387 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
388 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
389 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
390 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
391 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
392 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
393 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
394 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
395 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
397 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
398 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
399 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
400 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
401 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
402 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
404 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
406 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
408 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
409 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
410 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
411 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
413 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
414 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
416 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
418 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
420 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
421 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
422 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
423 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
424 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
425 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
426 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
427 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
428 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
429 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
431 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
432 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
433 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
434 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
435 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
436 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
437 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
438 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
439 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
440 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
441 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
444 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
446 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
448 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
449 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
450 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
451 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
452 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
453 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
454 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
455 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
456 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
457 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
458 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
459 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
460 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
461 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
462 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
463 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
464 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
465 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
466 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
467 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
468 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
469 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
470 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
471 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
472 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
473 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
474 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
475 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
477 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
478 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
479 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
480 Hess (Closes: #362247).
481 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
482 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
483 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
484 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
485 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
486 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
487 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
488 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
489 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
490 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
491 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
492 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
494 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
495 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
497 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
498 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
499 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
500 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
501 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
502 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
503 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
504 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
505 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
506 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
507 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
509 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
511 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
514 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
515 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
516 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
517 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
518 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
519 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
520 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
521 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
522 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
523 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
524 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
525 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
526 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
528 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
529 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
530 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
531 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
532 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
533 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
534 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
535 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
536 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
537 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
538 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
539 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
540 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
541 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
542 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
543 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
544 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
545 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
546 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
549 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
551 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
553 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
554 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
555 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
556 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
558 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
559 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
560 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
561 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
563 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
565 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
568 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
569 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
570 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
571 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
572 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
573 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
574 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
575 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
576 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
577 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
579 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
580 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
581 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
583 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
584 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
585 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
586 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
587 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
588 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
589 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
591 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
592 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
593 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
594 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
596 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
597 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
598 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
599 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
600 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
601 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
602 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
603 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
605 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
606 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
607 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
608 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
609 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
610 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
611 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
612 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
613 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
614 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
615 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
616 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
617 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
618 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
619 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
620 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
621 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
623 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
625 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
628 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
629 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
630 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
631 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
632 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
633 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
634 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
635 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
636 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
638 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
639 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
640 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
641 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
642 this section. closes: Bug#248618
643 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
644 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
645 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
646 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
647 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
648 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
649 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
650 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
651 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
652 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
653 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
654 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
656 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
657 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
658 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
661 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
662 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
663 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
665 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
666 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
667 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
668 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
669 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
670 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
672 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
673 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
675 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
676 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
677 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
678 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
679 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
680 Closes: #185943, #237049
682 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
684 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
687 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
690 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
691 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
692 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
693 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
694 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
695 running. closes: Bug#187250
696 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
697 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
698 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
699 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
700 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
701 user closes: Bug#176506
703 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
705 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
708 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
709 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
710 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
711 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
712 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
713 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
714 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
715 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
716 deb-building toolchain.
717 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
718 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
719 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
720 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
721 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
722 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
723 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
724 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
725 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
726 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
727 sections about changelog files.
729 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
730 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
731 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
732 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
733 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
734 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
736 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
737 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
738 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
739 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
740 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
741 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
742 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
743 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
744 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
745 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
746 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
747 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
748 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
749 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
750 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
751 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
752 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
753 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
754 for the restructuring
756 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
758 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
761 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
763 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
764 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
765 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
766 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
767 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
768 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
770 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
771 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
772 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
773 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
774 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
775 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
776 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
778 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
779 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
780 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
781 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
783 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
785 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
788 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
789 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
790 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
791 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
792 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
793 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
795 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
796 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
797 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
798 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
800 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
801 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
802 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
803 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
804 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
805 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
806 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
807 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
808 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
810 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
811 script should start it, closes: #60979
812 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
813 "should", closes: #170019
814 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
815 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
816 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
817 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
818 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
819 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
820 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
821 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
824 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
826 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
829 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
830 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
831 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
832 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
833 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
834 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
835 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
836 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
837 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
839 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
840 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
841 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
842 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
843 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
844 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
845 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
846 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
847 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
849 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
850 file, closes: Bug#65764
852 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
854 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
856 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
857 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
858 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
859 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
860 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
861 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
862 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
863 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
864 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
865 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
866 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
867 details. closes: Bug#133030
868 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
869 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
872 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
874 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
876 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
877 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
878 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
879 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
880 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
881 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
882 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
883 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
884 not. closes: Bug#139820
885 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
886 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
887 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
888 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
889 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
890 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
891 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
892 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
893 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
894 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
896 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
898 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
899 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
900 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
901 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
902 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
903 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
904 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
905 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
906 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
907 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
908 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
909 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
910 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
911 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
912 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
913 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
914 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
915 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
916 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
917 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
919 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
920 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
921 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
922 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
923 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
924 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
925 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
927 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
928 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
929 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
930 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
931 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
932 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
933 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
934 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
935 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
937 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
939 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
941 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
942 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
943 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
944 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
945 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
946 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
947 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
948 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
949 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
950 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
951 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
952 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
953 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
954 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
955 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
956 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
957 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
958 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
959 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
960 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
961 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
962 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
963 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
965 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
967 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
969 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
970 medium, high, emergency.
971 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
972 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
973 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
974 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
975 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
978 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
979 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
980 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
982 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
983 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
984 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
985 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
986 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
987 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
988 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
991 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
993 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
995 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
996 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
997 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
998 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
1000 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
1001 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
1002 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
1003 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
1004 debian/rules to do this
1005 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
1006 patches are incorporated upstream
1007 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
1008 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
1009 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
1010 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
1011 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
1012 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
1014 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
1015 system closes: Bug#91249
1016 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
1017 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
1018 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
1019 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
1020 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
1021 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
1022 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
1023 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
1024 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
1025 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1026 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1027 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1028 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1030 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1032 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1034 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1035 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1036 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1037 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1039 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1040 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1041 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1043 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1046 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1048 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1050 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1051 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1052 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1053 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1054 package for the time being
1055 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1056 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1057 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1058 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1059 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1060 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1061 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1062 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1063 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1064 Build-Depends arch syntax
1065 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1067 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1068 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1070 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1071 from policy maintenance duties.
1072 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1073 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1075 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1077 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1079 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1081 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1083 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1085 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1086 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1087 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1088 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1089 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1090 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1091 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1092 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1093 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1094 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1095 minor version number for this
1096 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1097 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1098 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1099 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1100 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1101 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1102 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1103 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1104 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1106 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1108 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1110 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1111 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1112 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1113 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1114 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1116 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1118 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1119 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1120 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1121 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1122 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1123 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1124 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1125 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1126 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1127 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1128 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1129 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1130 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1131 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1132 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1133 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1136 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1138 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1140 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1141 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1143 * Document the Enhances relationship
1144 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1145 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1146 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1147 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1148 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1149 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1151 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1153 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1154 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1155 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1156 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1158 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1159 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1160 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1161 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1162 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1164 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1166 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1168 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1169 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1170 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1172 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1173 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1174 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1175 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1176 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1177 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1178 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1179 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1180 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1182 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1184 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1186 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1188 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1189 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1190 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1191 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1192 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1193 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1194 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1195 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1196 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1197 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1198 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1199 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1200 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1201 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1202 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1203 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1204 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1205 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1206 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1207 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1208 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1209 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1211 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1212 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1214 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1216 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1218 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1219 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1220 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1221 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1222 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1223 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1224 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1225 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1226 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1227 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1228 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1229 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1230 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1231 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1232 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1233 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1234 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1235 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1236 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1237 list closes: Bug#53756
1238 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1239 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1240 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1241 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1242 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1243 policy closes: Bug#53760
1244 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1245 policy closes: Bug#53761
1246 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1247 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1248 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1249 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1250 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1251 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1252 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1253 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1254 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1255 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1256 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1258 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1259 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1260 to install with older fileutils.
1261 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1262 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1263 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1264 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1266 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1267 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1269 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1271 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1273 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1274 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1276 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1278 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1280 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1281 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1283 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1286 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1288 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1289 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1291 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1293 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1295 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1297 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1298 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1300 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1302 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1304 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1305 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1306 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1307 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1308 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1309 directoried (closes: #41547)
1310 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1311 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1312 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1313 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1314 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1315 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1316 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1317 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1318 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1319 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1320 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1322 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1323 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1324 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1325 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1326 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1327 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1328 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1330 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1331 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1332 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1333 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1335 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1337 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1339 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1340 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1342 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1344 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1346 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1347 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1349 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1351 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1353 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1354 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1356 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1357 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1358 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1359 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1360 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1361 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1362 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1363 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1364 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1365 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1366 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1367 this closes: Bug#38612
1368 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1369 before. closes: Bug#40864
1371 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1373 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1375 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1376 officially uploaded.
1377 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1379 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1380 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1381 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1383 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1384 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1385 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1386 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1387 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1388 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1390 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1391 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1392 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1394 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1396 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1397 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1398 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1399 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1400 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1402 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1404 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1406 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1407 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1408 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1409 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1410 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1411 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1412 there). closes: Bug#34233
1413 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1414 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1415 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1416 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1417 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1419 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1421 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1423 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1424 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1425 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1426 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1429 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1430 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1431 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1432 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1433 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1436 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1437 number. closes: BUG#25911
1439 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1440 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1441 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1442 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1443 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1444 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1446 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1447 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1448 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1451 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1452 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1453 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1455 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1456 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1457 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1458 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1460 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1461 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1462 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1464 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1466 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1467 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1468 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1469 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1470 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1471 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1472 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1473 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1476 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1478 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1479 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1482 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1484 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1486 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1488 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1490 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1492 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1493 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1494 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1495 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1496 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1497 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1498 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1499 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1501 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1502 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1504 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1506 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1508 * non-maintainer release
1509 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1510 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1512 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1513 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1514 * no content changes
1515 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1517 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1519 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1523 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1525 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1527 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1529 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1530 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1531 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1533 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1534 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1536 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1537 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1538 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1539 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1541 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1542 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1543 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1544 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1545 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1546 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1547 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1549 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1550 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1551 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1554 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1555 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1556 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1558 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1559 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1560 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1562 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1563 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1565 * New version numbering scheme:
1567 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1568 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1569 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1572 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1573 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1574 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1575 differ between the manuals.
1577 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1578 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1579 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1580 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1582 * Packaging changes:
1584 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1585 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1587 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1589 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1591 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1593 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1595 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1596 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1597 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1599 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1600 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1603 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1604 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1605 file extension as the referenced file
1607 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1608 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1610 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1611 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1612 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1613 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1616 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1617 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1618 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1620 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1621 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1622 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1623 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1626 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1627 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1630 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1631 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1632 reasonable default configuration
1634 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1635 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1636 by all news servers and clients
1638 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1639 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1640 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1641 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1642 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1644 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1645 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1648 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1650 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1651 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1653 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1656 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1657 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1659 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1660 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1662 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1664 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1666 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1668 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1669 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1670 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1671 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1673 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1675 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1676 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1677 * Don't use debstd anymore
1679 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1681 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1683 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1684 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1685 contrib/non-free policy
1686 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1687 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1688 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1689 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1690 - new section about `Daemons'
1691 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1692 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1693 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1694 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1695 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1696 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1697 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1698 * SGML source code included in package
1699 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1701 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1703 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1705 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1706 - completely reworked structure
1707 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1708 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1709 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1710 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1711 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1712 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1713 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1714 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1715 - mention "orphaned packages"
1716 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1717 distributions' policy
1718 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1719 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1720 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1721 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1722 - added section about arch spec strings
1723 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1724 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1725 - added section about "menus"
1726 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1727 the new documentation policy soon
1728 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1729 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1731 - added section about editors and pagers
1732 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1733 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1734 - added section about device files
1735 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1736 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1737 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1739 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1740 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1741 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1742 - Added new section about obsolete names
1743 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1744 * Fixed package's description
1746 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1748 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1750 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1752 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1754 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1756 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1757 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1758 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1759 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1761 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1763 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1765 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1766 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1767 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1769 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1770 and upload it "byhand" too.
1772 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1774 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1777 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1778 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1779 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1780 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1781 functionality must not have the same name.
1782 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1783 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1784 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1785 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1786 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1787 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1788 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1790 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1791 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1792 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1793 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1794 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1795 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1796 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1797 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1800 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1802 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1804 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1806 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1807 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1808 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1809 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1810 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1813 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1815 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1817 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1819 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1820 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1821 description of deb file format.
1822 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1823 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1825 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1827 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1828 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1830 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1832 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1834 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1835 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1836 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1837 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1838 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1839 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1840 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1841 packages in section on Procedure
1842 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1843 a package maintainer
1844 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1845 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1846 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1848 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1849 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1850 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1851 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1852 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1853 on various shlib files
1854 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1855 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1856 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1858 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1860 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1862 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1863 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1864 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1866 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1867 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1868 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1869 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1870 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1872 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1874 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1876 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1878 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1880 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1881 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1882 compatibility go in contrib.
1884 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1885 instructions in policy manual.
1886 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1889 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1891 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1893 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1894 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1895 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1896 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1898 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1899 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1902 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1904 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1906 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1907 * More detail about changelog format names.
1909 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1910 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1914 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1916 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1918 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1920 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1922 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1924 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1926 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1928 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1929 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1930 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1932 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1934 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1936 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1938 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1940 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1944 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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