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 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
14 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
18 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
19 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
21 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
23 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
24 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
25 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
26 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
28 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
29 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
30 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
31 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
33 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
34 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
35 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
36 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
38 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
39 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
40 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
41 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
43 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
44 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
45 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
46 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
47 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
48 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
49 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
50 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
51 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
52 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
53 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
54 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
55 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
56 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
57 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
58 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
59 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
60 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
61 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
62 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
63 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
64 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
65 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
66 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
67 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
69 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Mon, 23 Jun 2008 19:23:50 -0700
71 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
73 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
74 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
76 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
78 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
80 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
81 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
82 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
83 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
84 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
85 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
86 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
87 Millan (Closes: #209008).
88 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
89 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
91 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
93 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
95 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
96 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
97 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
98 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
99 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
100 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
101 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
103 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
104 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
105 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
106 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
108 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
109 Küster (Closes: #403391).
110 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
111 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
112 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
113 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
114 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
115 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
116 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
117 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
118 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
119 Closes: #186700, #458910
120 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
121 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
122 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
124 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
125 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
126 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
127 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
128 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
129 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
130 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
131 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
133 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
134 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
136 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
137 * Add an md5sums control file.
138 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
139 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
140 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
141 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
142 currently part of policy.
143 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
144 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
145 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
148 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
150 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
152 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
153 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
154 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
155 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
156 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
157 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
158 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
159 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
160 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
161 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
162 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
163 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
164 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
165 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
166 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
167 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
169 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
171 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
172 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
173 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
175 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
176 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
177 list?" (Closes: #412634).
178 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
179 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
180 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
181 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
182 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
183 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
184 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
185 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
186 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
187 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
188 debconf specification.
189 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
190 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
192 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
194 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
196 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
197 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
198 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
199 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
200 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
202 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
204 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
205 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
206 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
207 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
208 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
210 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
211 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
212 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
213 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
214 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
215 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
216 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
217 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
218 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
219 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
220 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
221 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
222 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
223 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
224 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
225 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
227 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
229 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
230 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
231 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
232 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
233 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
234 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
235 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
236 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
238 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
240 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
242 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
243 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
244 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
245 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
246 Polo (Closes: #372497).
247 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
248 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
250 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
251 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
252 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
253 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
254 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
255 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
256 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
257 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
258 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
259 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
261 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
262 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
263 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
264 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
265 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
266 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
268 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
270 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
272 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
273 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
274 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
275 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
277 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
278 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
280 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
282 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
284 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
285 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
286 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
287 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
288 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
289 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
290 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
291 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
292 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
293 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
295 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
296 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
297 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
298 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
299 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
300 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
301 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
302 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
303 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
304 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
305 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
308 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
310 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
312 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
313 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
314 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
315 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
316 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
317 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
318 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
319 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
320 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
321 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
322 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
323 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
324 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
325 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
326 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
327 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
328 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
329 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
330 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
331 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
332 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
333 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
334 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
335 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
336 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
337 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
338 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
339 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
341 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
342 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
343 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
344 Hess (Closes: #362247).
345 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
346 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
347 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
348 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
349 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
350 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
351 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
352 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
353 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
354 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
355 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
356 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
358 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
359 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
361 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
362 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
363 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
364 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
365 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
366 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
367 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
368 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
369 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
370 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
371 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
373 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
375 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
378 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
379 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
380 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
381 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
382 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
383 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
384 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
385 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
386 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
387 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
388 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
389 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
390 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
392 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
393 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
394 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
395 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
396 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
397 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
398 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
399 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
400 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
401 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
402 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
403 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
404 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
405 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
406 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
407 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
408 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
409 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
410 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
413 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
415 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
417 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
418 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
419 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
420 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
422 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
423 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
424 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
425 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
427 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
429 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
432 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
433 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
434 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
435 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
436 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
437 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
438 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
439 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
440 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
441 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
443 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
444 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
445 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
447 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
448 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
449 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
450 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
451 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
452 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
453 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
455 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
456 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
457 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
458 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
460 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
461 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
462 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
463 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
464 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
465 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
466 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
467 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
469 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
470 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
471 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
472 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
473 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
474 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
475 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
476 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
477 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
478 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
479 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
480 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
481 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
482 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
483 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
484 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
485 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
487 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
489 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
492 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
493 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
494 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
495 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
496 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
497 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
498 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
499 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
500 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
502 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
503 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
504 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
505 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
506 this section. closes: Bug#248618
507 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
508 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
509 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
510 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
511 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
512 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
513 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
514 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
515 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
516 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
517 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
518 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
520 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
521 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
522 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
525 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
526 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
527 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
529 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
530 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
531 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
532 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
533 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
534 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
536 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
537 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
539 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
540 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
541 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
542 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
543 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
544 Closes: #185943, #237049
546 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
548 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
551 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
554 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
555 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
556 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
557 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
558 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
559 running. closes: Bug#187250
560 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
561 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
562 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
563 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
564 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
565 user closes: Bug#176506
567 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
569 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
572 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
573 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
574 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
575 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
576 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
577 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
578 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
579 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
580 deb-building toolchain.
581 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
582 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
583 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
584 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
585 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
586 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
587 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
588 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
589 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
590 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
591 sections about changelog files.
593 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
594 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
595 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
596 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
597 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
598 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
600 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
601 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
602 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
603 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
604 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
605 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
606 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
607 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
608 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
609 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
610 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
611 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
612 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
613 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
614 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
615 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
616 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
617 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
618 for the restructuring
620 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
622 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
625 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
627 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
628 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
629 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
630 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
631 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
632 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
634 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
635 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
636 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
637 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
638 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
639 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
640 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
642 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
643 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
644 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
645 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
647 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
649 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
652 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
653 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
654 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
655 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
656 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
657 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
659 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
660 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
661 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
662 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
664 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
665 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
666 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
667 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
668 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
669 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
670 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
671 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
672 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
674 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
675 script should start it, closes: #60979
676 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
677 "should", closes: #170019
678 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
679 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
680 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
681 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
682 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
683 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
684 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
685 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
688 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
690 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
693 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
694 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
695 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
696 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
697 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
698 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
699 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
700 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
701 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
703 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
704 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
705 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
706 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
707 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
708 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
709 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
710 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
711 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
713 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
714 file, closes: Bug#65764
716 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
718 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
720 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
721 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
722 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
723 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
724 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
725 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
726 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
727 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
728 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
729 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
730 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
731 details. closes: Bug#133030
732 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
733 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
736 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
738 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
740 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
741 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
742 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
743 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
744 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
745 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
746 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
747 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
748 not. closes: Bug#139820
749 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
750 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
751 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
752 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
753 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
754 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
755 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
756 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
757 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
758 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
760 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
762 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
763 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
764 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
765 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
766 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
767 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
768 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
769 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
770 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
771 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
772 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
773 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
774 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
775 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
776 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
777 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
778 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
779 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
780 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
781 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
783 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
784 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
785 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
786 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
787 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
788 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
789 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
791 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
792 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
793 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
794 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
795 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
796 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
797 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
798 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
799 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
801 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
803 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
805 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
806 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
807 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
808 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
809 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
810 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
811 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
812 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
813 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
814 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
815 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
816 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
817 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
818 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
819 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
820 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
821 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
822 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
823 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
824 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
825 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
826 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
827 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
829 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
831 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
833 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
834 medium, high, emergency.
835 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
836 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
837 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
838 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
839 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
842 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
843 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
844 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
846 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
847 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
848 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
849 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
850 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
851 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
852 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
855 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
857 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
859 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
860 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
861 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
862 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
864 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
865 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
866 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
867 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
868 debian/rules to do this
869 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
870 patches are incorporated upstream
871 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
872 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
873 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
874 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
875 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
876 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
878 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
879 system closes: Bug#91249
880 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
881 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
882 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
883 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
884 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
885 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
886 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
887 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
888 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
889 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
890 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
891 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
892 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
894 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
896 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
898 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
899 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
900 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
901 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
903 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
904 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
905 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
907 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
910 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
912 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
914 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
915 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
916 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
917 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
918 package for the time being
919 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
920 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
921 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
922 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
923 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
924 * Rename all .text files as .txt
925 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
926 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
927 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
928 Build-Depends arch syntax
929 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
931 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
932 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
934 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
935 from policy maintenance duties.
936 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
937 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
939 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
941 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
943 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
945 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
947 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
949 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
950 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
951 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
952 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
953 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
954 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
955 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
956 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
957 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
958 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
959 minor version number for this
960 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
961 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
962 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
963 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
964 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
965 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
966 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
967 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
968 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
970 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
972 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
974 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
975 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
976 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
977 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
978 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
980 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
982 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
983 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
984 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
985 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
986 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
987 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
988 xutils closes: Bug#82966
989 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
990 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
991 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
992 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
993 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
994 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
995 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
996 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
997 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1000 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1002 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1004 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1005 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1007 * Document the Enhances relationship
1008 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1009 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1010 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1011 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1012 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1013 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1015 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1017 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1018 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1019 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1020 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1022 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1023 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1024 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1025 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1026 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1028 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1030 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1032 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1033 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1034 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1036 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1037 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1038 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1039 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1040 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1041 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1042 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1043 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1044 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1046 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1048 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1050 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1052 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1053 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1054 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1055 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1056 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1057 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1058 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1059 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1060 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1061 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1062 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1063 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1064 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1065 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1066 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1067 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1068 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1069 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1070 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1071 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1072 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1073 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1075 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1076 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1078 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1080 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1082 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1083 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1084 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1085 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1086 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1087 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1088 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1089 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1090 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1091 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1092 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1093 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1094 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1095 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1096 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1097 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1098 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1099 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1100 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1101 list closes: Bug#53756
1102 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1103 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1104 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1105 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1106 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1107 policy closes: Bug#53760
1108 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1109 policy closes: Bug#53761
1110 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1111 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1112 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1113 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1114 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1115 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1116 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1117 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1118 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1119 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1120 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1122 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1123 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1124 to install with older fileutils.
1125 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1126 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1127 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1128 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1130 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1131 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1133 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1135 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1137 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1138 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1140 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1142 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1144 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1145 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1147 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1150 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1152 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1153 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1155 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1157 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1159 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1161 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1162 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1164 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1166 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1168 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1169 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1170 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1171 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1172 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1173 directoried (closes: #41547)
1174 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1175 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1176 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1177 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1178 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1179 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1180 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1181 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1182 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1183 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1184 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1186 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1187 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1188 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1189 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1190 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1191 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1192 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1194 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1195 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1196 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1197 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1199 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1201 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1203 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1204 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1206 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1208 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1210 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1211 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1213 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1215 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1217 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1218 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1220 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1221 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1222 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1223 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1224 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1225 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1226 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1227 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1228 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1229 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1230 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1231 this closes: Bug#38612
1232 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1233 before. closes: Bug#40864
1235 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1237 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1239 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1240 officially uploaded.
1241 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1243 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1244 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1245 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1247 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1248 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1249 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1250 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1251 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1252 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1254 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1255 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1256 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1258 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1260 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1261 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1262 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1263 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1264 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1266 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1268 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1270 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1271 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1272 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1273 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1274 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1275 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1276 there). closes: Bug#34233
1277 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1278 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1279 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1280 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1281 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1283 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1285 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1287 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1288 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1289 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1290 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1293 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1294 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1295 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1296 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1297 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1300 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1301 number. closes: BUG#25911
1303 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1304 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1305 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1306 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1307 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1308 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1310 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1311 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1312 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1315 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1316 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1317 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1319 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1320 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1321 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1322 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1324 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1325 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1326 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1328 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1330 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1331 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1332 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1333 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1334 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1335 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1336 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1337 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1340 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1342 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1343 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1346 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1348 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1350 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1352 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1354 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1356 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1357 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1358 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1359 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1360 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1361 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1362 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1363 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1365 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1366 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1368 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1370 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1372 * non-maintainer release
1373 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1374 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1376 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1377 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1378 * no content changes
1379 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1381 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1383 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1387 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1389 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1391 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1393 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1394 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1395 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1397 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1398 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1400 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1401 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1402 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1403 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1405 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1406 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1407 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1408 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1409 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1410 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1411 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1413 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1414 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1415 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1418 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1419 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1420 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1422 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1423 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1424 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1426 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1427 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1429 * New version numbering scheme:
1431 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1432 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1433 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1436 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1437 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1438 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1439 differ between the manuals.
1441 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1442 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1443 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1444 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1446 * Packaging changes:
1448 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1449 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1451 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1453 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1455 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1457 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1459 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1460 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1461 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1463 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1464 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1467 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1468 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1469 file extension as the referenced file
1471 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1472 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1474 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1475 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1476 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1477 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1480 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1481 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1482 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1484 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1485 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1486 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1487 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1490 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1491 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1494 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1495 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1496 reasonable default configuration
1498 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1499 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1500 by all news servers and clients
1502 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1503 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1504 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1505 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1506 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1508 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1509 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1512 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1514 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1515 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1517 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1520 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1521 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1523 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1524 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1526 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1528 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1530 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1532 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1533 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1534 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1535 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1537 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1539 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1540 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1541 * Don't use debstd anymore
1543 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1545 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1547 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1548 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1549 contrib/non-free policy
1550 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1551 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1552 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1553 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1554 - new section about `Daemons'
1555 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1556 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1557 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1558 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1559 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1560 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1561 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1562 * SGML source code included in package
1563 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1565 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1567 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1569 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1570 - completely reworked structure
1571 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1572 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1573 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1574 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1575 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1576 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1577 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1578 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1579 - mention "orphaned packages"
1580 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1581 distributions' policy
1582 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1583 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1584 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1585 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1586 - added section about arch spec strings
1587 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1588 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1589 - added section about "menus"
1590 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1591 the new documentation policy soon
1592 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1593 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1595 - added section about editors and pagers
1596 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1597 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1598 - added section about device files
1599 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1600 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1601 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1603 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1604 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1605 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1606 - Added new section about obsolete names
1607 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1608 * Fixed package's description
1610 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1612 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1614 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1616 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1618 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1620 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1621 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1622 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1623 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1625 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1627 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1629 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1630 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1631 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1633 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1634 and upload it "byhand" too.
1636 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1638 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1641 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1642 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1643 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1644 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1645 functionality must not have the same name.
1646 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1647 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1648 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1649 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1650 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1651 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1652 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1654 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1655 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1656 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1657 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1658 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1659 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1660 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1661 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1664 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1666 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1668 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1670 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1671 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1672 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1673 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1674 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1677 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1679 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1681 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1683 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1684 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1685 description of deb file format.
1686 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1687 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1689 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1691 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1692 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1694 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1696 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1698 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1699 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1700 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1701 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1702 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1703 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1704 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1705 packages in section on Procedure
1706 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1707 a package maintainer
1708 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1709 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1710 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1712 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1713 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1714 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1715 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1716 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1717 on various shlib files
1718 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1719 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1720 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1722 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1724 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1726 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1727 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1728 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1730 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1731 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1732 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1733 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1734 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1736 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1738 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1740 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1742 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1744 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1745 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1746 compatibility go in contrib.
1748 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1749 instructions in policy manual.
1750 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1753 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1755 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1757 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1758 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1759 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1760 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1762 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1763 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1766 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1768 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1770 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1771 * More detail about changelog format names.
1773 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1774 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1778 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1780 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1782 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1784 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1786 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1788 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1790 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1792 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1793 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1794 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1796 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1798 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1800 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1802 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1804 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1808 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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