1 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
4 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
8 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
9 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
11 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
13 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
14 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
15 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
16 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
18 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:23:50 -0700
20 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
22 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
23 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
25 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
27 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
29 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
30 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
31 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
32 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
33 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
34 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
35 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
36 Millan (Closes: #209008).
37 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
38 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
40 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
42 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
44 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
45 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
46 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
47 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
48 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
49 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
50 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
52 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
53 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
54 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
55 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
57 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
58 Küster (Closes: #403391).
59 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
60 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
61 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
62 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
63 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
64 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
65 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
66 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
67 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
68 Closes: #186700, #458910
69 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
70 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
71 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
73 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
74 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
75 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
76 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
77 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
78 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
79 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
80 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
82 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
83 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
85 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
86 * Add an md5sums control file.
87 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
88 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
89 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
90 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
91 currently part of policy.
92 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
93 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
94 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
97 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
99 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
101 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
102 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
103 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
104 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
105 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
106 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
107 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
108 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
109 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
110 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
111 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
112 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
113 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
114 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
115 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
116 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
118 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
120 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
121 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
122 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
124 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
125 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
126 list?" (Closes: #412634).
127 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
128 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
129 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
130 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
131 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
132 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
133 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
134 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
135 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
136 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
137 debconf specification.
138 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
139 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
141 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
143 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
145 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
146 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
147 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
148 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
149 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
151 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
153 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
154 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
155 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
156 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
157 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
159 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
160 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
161 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
162 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
163 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
164 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
165 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
166 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
167 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
168 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
169 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
170 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
171 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
172 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
173 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
174 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
176 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
178 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
179 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
180 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
181 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
182 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
183 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
184 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
185 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
187 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
189 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
191 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
192 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
193 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
194 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
195 Polo (Closes: #372497).
196 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
197 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
199 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
200 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
201 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
202 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
203 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
204 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
205 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
206 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
207 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
208 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
210 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
211 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
212 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
213 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
214 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
215 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
217 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
219 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
221 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
222 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
223 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
224 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
226 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
227 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
229 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
231 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
233 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
234 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
235 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
236 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
237 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
238 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
239 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
240 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
241 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
242 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
244 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
245 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
246 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
247 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
248 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
249 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
250 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
251 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
252 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
253 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
254 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
257 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
259 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
261 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
262 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
263 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
264 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
265 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
266 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
267 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
268 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
269 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
270 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
271 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
272 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
273 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
274 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
275 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
276 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
277 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
278 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
279 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
280 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
281 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
282 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
283 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
284 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
285 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
286 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
287 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
288 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
290 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
291 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
292 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
293 Hess (Closes: #362247).
294 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
295 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
296 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
297 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
298 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
299 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
300 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
301 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
302 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
303 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
304 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
305 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
307 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
308 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
310 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
311 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
312 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
313 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
314 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
315 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
316 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
317 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
318 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
319 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
320 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
322 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
324 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
327 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
328 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
329 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
330 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
331 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
332 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
333 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
334 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
335 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
336 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
337 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
338 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
339 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
341 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
342 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
343 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
344 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
345 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
346 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
347 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
348 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
349 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
350 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
351 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
352 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
353 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
354 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
355 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
356 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
357 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
358 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
359 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
362 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
364 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
366 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
367 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
368 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
369 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
371 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
372 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
373 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
374 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
376 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
378 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
381 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
382 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
383 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
384 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
385 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
386 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
387 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
388 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
389 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
390 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
392 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
393 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
394 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
396 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
397 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
398 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
399 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
400 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
401 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
402 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
404 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
405 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
406 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
407 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
409 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
410 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
411 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
412 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
413 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
414 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
415 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
416 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
418 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
419 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
420 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
421 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
422 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
423 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
424 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
425 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
426 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
427 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
428 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
429 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
430 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
431 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
432 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
433 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
434 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
436 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
438 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
441 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
442 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
443 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
444 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
445 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
446 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
447 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
448 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
449 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
451 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
452 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
453 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
454 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
455 this section. closes: Bug#248618
456 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
457 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
458 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
459 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
460 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
461 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
462 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
463 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
464 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
465 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
466 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
467 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
469 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
470 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
471 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
474 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
475 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
476 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
478 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
479 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
480 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
481 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
482 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
483 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
485 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
486 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
488 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
489 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
490 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
491 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
492 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
493 Closes: #185943, #237049
495 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
497 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
500 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
503 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
504 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
505 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
506 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
507 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
508 running. closes: Bug#187250
509 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
510 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
511 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
512 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
513 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
514 user closes: Bug#176506
516 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
518 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
521 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
522 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
523 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
524 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
525 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
526 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
527 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
528 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
529 deb-building toolchain.
530 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
531 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
532 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
533 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
534 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
535 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
536 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
537 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
538 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
539 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
540 sections about changelog files.
542 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
543 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
544 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
545 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
546 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
547 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
549 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
550 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
551 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
552 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
553 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
554 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
555 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
556 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
557 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
558 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
559 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
560 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
561 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
562 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
563 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
564 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
565 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
566 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
567 for the restructuring
569 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
571 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
574 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
576 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
577 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
578 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
579 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
580 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
581 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
583 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
584 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
585 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
586 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
587 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
588 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
589 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
591 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
592 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
593 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
594 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
596 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
598 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
601 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
602 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
603 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
604 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
605 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
606 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
608 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
609 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
610 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
611 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
613 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
614 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
615 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
616 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
617 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
618 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
619 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
620 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
621 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
623 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
624 script should start it, closes: #60979
625 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
626 "should", closes: #170019
627 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
628 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
629 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
630 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
631 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
632 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
633 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
634 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
637 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
639 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
642 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
643 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
644 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
645 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
646 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
647 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
648 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
649 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
650 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
652 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
653 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
654 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
655 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
656 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
657 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
658 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
659 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
660 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
662 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
663 file, closes: Bug#65764
665 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
667 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
669 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
670 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
671 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
672 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
673 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
674 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
675 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
676 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
677 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
678 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
679 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
680 details. closes: Bug#133030
681 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
682 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
685 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
687 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
689 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
690 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
691 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
692 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
693 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
694 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
695 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
696 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
697 not. closes: Bug#139820
698 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
699 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
700 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
701 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
702 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
703 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
704 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
705 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
706 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
707 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
709 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
711 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
712 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
713 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
714 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
715 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
716 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
717 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
718 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
719 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
720 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
721 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
722 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
723 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
724 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
725 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
726 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
727 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
728 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
729 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
730 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
732 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
733 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
734 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
735 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
736 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
737 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
738 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
740 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
741 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
742 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
743 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
744 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
745 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
746 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
747 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
748 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
750 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
752 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
754 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
755 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
756 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
757 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
758 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
759 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
760 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
761 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
762 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
763 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
764 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
765 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
766 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
767 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
768 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
769 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
770 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
771 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
772 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
773 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
774 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
775 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
776 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
778 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
780 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
782 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
783 medium, high, emergency.
784 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
785 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
786 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
787 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
788 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
791 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
792 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
793 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
795 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
796 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
797 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
798 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
799 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
800 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
801 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
804 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
806 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
808 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
809 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
810 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
811 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
813 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
814 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
815 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
816 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
817 debian/rules to do this
818 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
819 patches are incorporated upstream
820 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
821 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
822 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
823 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
824 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
825 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
827 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
828 system closes: Bug#91249
829 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
830 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
831 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
832 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
833 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
834 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
835 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
836 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
837 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
838 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
839 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
840 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
841 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
843 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
845 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
847 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
848 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
849 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
850 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
852 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
853 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
854 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
856 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
859 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
861 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
863 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
864 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
865 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
866 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
867 package for the time being
868 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
869 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
870 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
871 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
872 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
873 * Rename all .text files as .txt
874 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
875 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
876 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
877 Build-Depends arch syntax
878 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
880 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
881 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
883 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
884 from policy maintenance duties.
885 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
886 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
888 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
890 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
892 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
894 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
896 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
898 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
899 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
900 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
901 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
902 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
903 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
904 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
905 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
906 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
907 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
908 minor version number for this
909 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
910 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
911 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
912 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
913 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
914 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
915 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
916 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
917 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
919 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
921 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
923 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
924 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
925 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
926 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
927 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
929 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
931 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
932 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
933 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
934 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
935 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
936 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
937 xutils closes: Bug#82966
938 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
939 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
940 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
941 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
942 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
943 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
944 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
945 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
946 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
949 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
951 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
953 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
954 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
956 * Document the Enhances relationship
957 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
958 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
959 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
960 policy. closes: Bug#53496
961 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
962 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
964 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
966 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
967 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
968 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
969 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
971 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
972 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
973 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
974 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
975 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
977 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
979 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
981 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
982 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
983 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
985 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
986 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
987 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
988 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
989 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
990 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
991 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
992 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
993 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
995 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
997 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
999 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1001 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1002 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1003 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1004 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1005 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1006 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1007 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1008 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1009 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1010 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1011 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1012 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1013 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1014 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1015 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1016 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1017 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1018 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1019 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1020 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1021 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1022 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1024 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1025 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1027 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1029 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1031 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1032 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1033 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1034 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1035 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1036 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1037 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1038 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1039 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1040 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1041 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1042 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1043 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1044 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1045 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1046 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1047 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1048 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1049 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1050 list closes: Bug#53756
1051 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1052 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1053 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1054 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1055 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1056 policy closes: Bug#53760
1057 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1058 policy closes: Bug#53761
1059 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1060 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1061 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1062 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1063 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1064 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1065 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1066 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1067 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1068 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1069 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1071 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1072 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1073 to install with older fileutils.
1074 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1075 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1076 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1077 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1079 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1080 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1082 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1084 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1086 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1087 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1089 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1091 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1093 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1094 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1096 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1099 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1101 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1102 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1104 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1106 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1108 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1110 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1111 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1113 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1115 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1117 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1118 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1119 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1120 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1121 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1122 directoried (closes: #41547)
1123 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1124 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1125 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1126 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1127 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1128 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1129 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1130 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1131 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1132 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1133 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1135 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1136 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1137 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1138 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1139 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1140 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1141 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1143 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1144 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1145 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1146 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1148 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1150 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1152 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1153 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1155 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1157 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1159 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1160 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1162 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1164 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1166 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1167 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1169 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1170 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1171 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1172 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1173 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1174 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1175 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1176 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1177 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1178 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1179 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1180 this closes: Bug#38612
1181 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1182 before. closes: Bug#40864
1184 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1186 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1188 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1189 officially uploaded.
1190 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1192 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1193 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1194 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1196 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1197 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1198 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1199 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1200 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1201 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1203 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1204 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1205 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1207 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1209 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1210 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1211 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1212 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1213 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1215 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1217 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1219 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1220 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1221 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1222 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1223 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1224 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1225 there). closes: Bug#34233
1226 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1227 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1228 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1229 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1230 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1232 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1234 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1236 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1237 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1238 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1239 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1242 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1243 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1244 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1245 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1246 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1249 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1250 number. closes: BUG#25911
1252 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1253 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1254 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1255 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1256 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1257 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1259 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1260 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1261 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1264 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1265 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1266 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1268 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1269 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1270 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1271 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1273 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1274 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1275 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1277 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1279 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1280 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1281 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1282 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1283 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1284 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1285 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1286 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1289 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1291 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1292 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1295 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1297 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1299 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1301 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1303 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1305 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1306 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1307 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1308 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1309 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1310 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1311 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1312 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1314 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1315 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1317 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1319 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1321 * non-maintainer release
1322 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1323 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1325 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1326 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1327 * no content changes
1328 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1330 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1332 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1336 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1338 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1340 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1342 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1343 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1344 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1346 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1347 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1349 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1350 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1351 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1352 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1354 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1355 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1356 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1357 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1358 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1359 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1360 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1362 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1363 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1364 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1367 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1368 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1369 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1371 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1372 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1373 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1375 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1376 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1378 * New version numbering scheme:
1380 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1381 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1382 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1385 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1386 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1387 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1388 differ between the manuals.
1390 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1391 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1392 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1393 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1395 * Packaging changes:
1397 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1398 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1400 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1402 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1404 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1406 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1408 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1409 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1410 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1412 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1413 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1416 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1417 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1418 file extension as the referenced file
1420 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1421 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1423 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1424 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1425 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1426 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1429 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1430 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1431 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1433 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1434 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1435 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1436 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1439 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1440 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1443 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1444 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1445 reasonable default configuration
1447 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1448 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1449 by all news servers and clients
1451 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1452 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1453 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1454 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1455 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1457 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1458 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1461 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1463 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1464 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1466 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1469 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1470 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1472 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1473 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1475 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1477 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1479 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1481 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1482 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1483 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1484 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1486 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1488 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1489 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1490 * Don't use debstd anymore
1492 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1494 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1496 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1497 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1498 contrib/non-free policy
1499 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1500 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1501 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1502 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1503 - new section about `Daemons'
1504 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1505 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1506 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1507 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1508 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1509 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1510 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1511 * SGML source code included in package
1512 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1514 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1516 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1518 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1519 - completely reworked structure
1520 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1521 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1522 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1523 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1524 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1525 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1526 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1527 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1528 - mention "orphaned packages"
1529 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1530 distributions' policy
1531 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1532 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1533 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1534 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1535 - added section about arch spec strings
1536 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1537 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1538 - added section about "menus"
1539 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1540 the new documentation policy soon
1541 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1542 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1544 - added section about editors and pagers
1545 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1546 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1547 - added section about device files
1548 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1549 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1550 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1552 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1553 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1554 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1555 - Added new section about obsolete names
1556 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1557 * Fixed package's description
1559 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1561 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1563 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1565 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1567 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1569 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1570 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1571 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1572 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1574 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1576 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1578 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1579 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1580 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1582 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1583 and upload it "byhand" too.
1585 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1587 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1590 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1591 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1592 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1593 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1594 functionality must not have the same name.
1595 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1596 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1597 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1598 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1599 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1600 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1601 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1603 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1604 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1605 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1606 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1607 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1608 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1609 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1610 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1613 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1615 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1617 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1619 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1620 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1621 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1622 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1623 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1626 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1628 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1630 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1632 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1633 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1634 description of deb file format.
1635 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1636 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1638 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1640 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1641 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1643 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1645 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1647 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1648 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1649 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1650 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1651 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1652 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1653 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1654 packages in section on Procedure
1655 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1656 a package maintainer
1657 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1658 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1659 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1661 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1662 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1663 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1664 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1665 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1666 on various shlib files
1667 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1668 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1669 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1671 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1673 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1675 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1676 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1677 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1679 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1680 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1681 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1682 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1683 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1685 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1687 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1689 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1691 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1693 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1694 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1695 compatibility go in contrib.
1697 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1698 instructions in policy manual.
1699 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1702 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1704 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1706 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1707 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1708 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1709 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1711 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1712 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1715 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1717 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1719 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1720 * More detail about changelog format names.
1722 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1723 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1727 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1729 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1731 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1733 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1735 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1737 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1739 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1741 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1742 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1743 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1745 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1747 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1749 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1751 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1753 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1757 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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