1 debian-policy (3.8.3.0) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
3 * Policy: Bring Architecture description in line with dpkg-source
4 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
5 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
6 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
8 * Policy: Update information about DEB_*_ARCH variables
9 Wording: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
10 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
11 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
13 * Policy: Remove support for uploads to multiple distributions
14 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
15 Seconded: Raphael Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
16 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
18 * Perl Policy: Remove obsolete dependency requirements
19 Wording: Cyril Brulebois <kibi@debian.org>
20 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
21 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
23 * Breaks is now supported by the stable release of dpkg, so drop
24 warnings against its use. Thanks, Steve Langasek. (Closes: #533577)
25 * Add references to the sections on Breaks and Conflicts to the section
26 on binary dependencies. Thanks, Frank Küster. (Closes: #529771)
28 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:59:48 -0700
30 debian-policy (3.8.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
33 * Policy: Mandate debconf or equivalent for user prompting
34 Wording: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
35 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
36 Seconded: Holger Levsen <holger@layer-acht.org>
37 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
38 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
40 * Policy: Remove /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 FHS exception
41 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
42 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
43 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
45 * Policy: Remove obsolete /var/mail transition requirement
46 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
47 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
48 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <andrew@morphoss.com>
50 * Policy: Move Speedo fonts into the deprecated category
51 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
52 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
53 Seconded: Julien Danjou <acid@debian.org>
55 * Housekeeping (resynchronizing lists maintained elsewhere):
56 - Add GFDL 1.3 to the common-licenses list.
57 - Update the list of archive sections. (Closes: #519835)
58 * Set the release date of the 3.8.1 upgrading-checklist entry.
62 * The FHS is the "Filesystem Hierarchy Standard", regardless of our
63 preferred spelling of "file system" elsewhere. Fix this and a nearby
64 search-and-replace capitalisation bug.
65 * Build-depend on texlive-latex-extra, which is needed by
66 debiandoc2latexps and isn't included in texlive's dependencies.
68 * Policy: State requirements for source package names
69 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
70 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
71 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
73 * Add myself to Uploaders.
76 * Add myself to Uploaders.
77 * Update Standards-Version to 3.8.1 (no changes required).
79 - use `dpkg --print-architecture' instead of obsolete form
80 `dpkg --print-installation-architecture'.
81 - fix a race condition while generating DEBIAN/md5sums.
83 -- Bill Allombert <ballombe@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 2009 21:42:53 +0200
85 debian-policy (3.8.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
87 * Policy: Clarify what "sensible behavior" is for init scripts
88 Wording: Steve Langasek <vorlon@debian.org>
89 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
90 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
92 * Policy: Remove alternative changelog formats from main manual
93 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
94 Seconded: Ben Pfaff <blp@cs.stanford.edu>
95 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
97 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for changelog files
98 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
99 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
100 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
102 * Policy: Mandate UTF-8 for control files
103 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
104 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
105 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
107 * Policy: New option in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS to avoid running test-suites
108 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
109 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
110 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
112 * Policy: Expand expected capabilities for local in /bin/sh scripts
113 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
114 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
115 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
117 * Policy: Clarify Essential definition and caution when adding to it
118 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
119 Seconded: Jörg Sommer <joerg@alea.gnuu.de>
120 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
122 * Policy: Allow user mail spools to be mode 0600 or 0660
123 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
124 Seconded: Kurt Roeckx <kurt@roeckx.be>
125 Seconded: Andrew McMillan <awm@debian.org>
127 * Policy: Remove special handling of init scripts ending in .sh
128 Wording: Kel Modderman <kel@otaku42.de>
129 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
130 Seconded: Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org>
132 * Policy: /var/run and /var/lock may be volatile
133 Wording: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
134 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
135 Seconded: Bill Allombert <Bill.Allombert@math.u-bordeaux1.fr>
137 * Policy: debian/control allows comments starting with #
138 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
139 Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
140 Seconded: Adeodato Simó <dato@net.com.org.es>
141 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
143 * Improve the documentation of maintainer script actions for diversions
144 in the informative appendix to allow for addition of a new diversion
145 on upgrade and handle error cases correctly. Thanks to Olivier Berger
146 for the report and Raphaël Hertzog for the review. (Closes: #483418)
147 * Clarify the meaning of architecture restrictions on build dependencies
148 in the presence of alternatives. Thanks to Guillem Jover for the
149 explanation and review and Emilio Pozuelo Monfort and Don Armstrong
150 for wording review. (Closes: #163666)
151 * Change the term "category" to "archive area" when referring to main,
152 contrib, and non-free. This is closer to the wording of the Social
153 Contract. (Closes: #473439)
154 * Use <user>:<group> notation rather than <user>.<group> notation in
155 multiple places. Thanks, Kurt Roeckx. (Closes: #488039)
156 * Fix typo in 3.8.0.0 upgrading-checklist entry. Patch from Kobayashi
157 Noritada. (Closes: #487701)
158 * Mention debugging packages as an explicit example of packages with
159 extra priority. Thanks, Charles Plessy. (Closes: #491985)
160 * Clarify that translation is only required for user-visible debconf
161 messages. Capitalize "Debian Configuration Management Specification"
162 uniformly. Thanks, Julian Andres Klode. (Closes: #492624)
163 * Add --wildcards to the sample tar command in appendix B.1 for
164 extracting the package copyright file, adjusting for new tar option
165 behavior. Thanks, Yan Morin. (Closes: #503685)
166 * Reword the requirement that maintainer scripts exit with a zero
167 status on success to avoid double-negatives.
168 * Include the full name of each menu category rather than only the
169 portion relative to the parent heading to be clearer in long category
170 lists. Thanks, Christoph Berg. (Closes: #511804)
171 * Build-Depend on texlive rather than tetex-extra. texlive appears to
172 be sufficient for how Policy uses debiandoc-sgml and pulls in far
174 * Remove the postinst and prerm scripts. doc-base registration is now
175 handled by triggers and no longer required and removal of /usr/doc
176 links was completed long ago.
177 * Reference GPL-2 rather than the GPL symlink in debian/copyright.
179 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:50:52 -0700
181 debian-policy (3.8.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
183 * Don't attempt to register the non-existent debian-policy-process
184 document. Thanks, Adrian von Bidder. (Closes: #484706)
186 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:13:01 -0700
188 debian-policy (3.8.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
190 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] "debian/README.source" file for packages with
191 non-trivial source", thanks to Wouter Verhelst, Jörg Sommer, Colin Watson,
192 and Junichi Uekawa (Closes: #250202).
193 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/02/2008] Manual page encoding", thanks to
194 Colin Watson (Closes: #440420).
195 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] common interface for parallel building in
196 DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, and Robert
197 Millan (Closes: #209008).
198 * Bug fix: "Please clarify splitting/syntax of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS", thanks to
199 Loïc Minier, Peter Samuelson, Robert Millan, and Guillem Jover
201 * Bug fix: "Documentation for Breaks in dpkg", thanks to Ian Jackson
203 * Bug fix: "support for wrapped Uploaders should now be mandatory"
205 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Add should not embed code from other packages",
206 thanks to Neil McGovern, Colin Watson, Bill Allombert, Steve Langasek,
207 Kurt Roeckx, and others (Closes: #392362).
208 * Bug fix: "Homepage field in debian/control undocumented", thanks to
209 Mario Iseli (Closes: #452105).
210 * Bug fix: "Policy inconsistent with reality: base subsection no longer
211 used", thanks to Magnus Holmgren, Bernd Zeimetz, and Colin Watson
213 * Bug fix: "Inclusion of Apache Software License versions in
214 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Barry Hawkins (Closes: #291460).
215 * Bug fix: "[Amended] copyright should include notice if a package is
216 not a part of Debian distribution", thanks to Taketoshi Sano
218 * Bug fix: "scripts as configuration files: should vs. must", thanks to Frank
219 Küster (Closes: #403391).
220 * Bug fix: "debconf specification should allow underscores in template
221 names", thanks to Colin Watson (Closes: #473761).
222 * Bug fix: "clarify handling of run-time and compile-time support programs",
223 thanks to Goswin Brederlow and Raphael Hertzog (Closes: #367984).
224 * Policy: better document version ranking and empty Debian revisions
225 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
226 Seconded: Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
227 Seconded: Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org>
228 Seconded: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
229 Closes: #186700, #458910
230 * Policy: remove obsolete app-defaults and Xresources provisions
231 Wording: Julien Cristau <jcristau@debian.org>
232 Seconded: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org>
234 * Bug fix: "Examples of dpkg frontends should mention apt now", thanks
235 to Josh Triplett (Closes: #455602).
236 * Bug fix: "Minor typos and wording suggestions", thanks to Michael
237 Tautschnig (Closes: #422552).
238 * Bug fix: "substvar reference moved from dpkg-source(1) to
239 deb-substvars(5)", thanks to Ian Beckwith (Closes: #475731).
240 * Policy: bugs fixed in NMUs are now closed rather than marked fixed
241 Wording: Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> (thanks, Sandro Tosi)
243 * Policy: C.1.4, C.1.8: minor typos
244 Wording: Sandro Tosi <matrixhasu@gmail.com>
246 * Remove the now-obsolete policy-process document.
247 * Add an md5sums control file.
248 * Add Vcs-Browser and Vcs-Git control fields.
249 * Remove build system support for FHS 2.1 and FSSTND, mostly commented out.
250 * Remove more temporary files created by the build.
251 * Remove the FSSTND license from debian/copyright; no FSSTND files are
252 currently part of policy.
253 * Update FHS copyright dates in debian/copyright.
254 * Standardize the spacing around headings in upgrading-checklist.html.
255 * Remove old ChangeLog files and metadata headers in maintainer scripts
258 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:53:27 -0700
260 debian-policy (3.7.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
262 * Bug fix: "FTBFS if built twice in a row" (Closes: #424212).
263 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
264 to Nicolas François and Marc Brockschmidt (Closes: #382612).
265 * Bug fix: "Please add 'local' to list of supra-POSIX features that
266 /bin/sh can be expected to offer". Also add test -a/-o binary logical
267 operators and change references from POSIX to SUSv3 (Closes: #294962).
268 * Bug fix: "[Proposal] new Debian menu structure", thanks to Bill
269 Allombert (Closes: #361418).
270 * Bug fix: "typo: "must not be not world-writable"", thanks to Sam
271 Hocevar (Closes: #392594).
272 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: recommend binary:Version substvar instead",
273 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #418444).
274 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: dictd-dictionary", thanks to Tatsuya
275 Kinoshita (Closes: #413575).
276 * The virtual package in use is inet-superserver, not inetd-superserver.
277 Adjust the virtual package list to match. Thanks, Tatsuya Kinoshita
279 * Wrapped, cleaned up trailing whitespace, and alphabetized the list of
281 * Bug fix: "Small spelling errors and erratic sentences in debian-policy",
282 thanks to Michiel de Boer. (Closes: #435207).
283 * Bug fix: "Source field of .changes files may contain a version number"
285 * Bug fix: "822-date is deprecated (use date -R instead)" (Closes: #448035).
286 * Bug fix: "5.6.17 (Urgency) should list emergency, maybe a normative
287 list?" (Closes: #412634).
288 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document support of package types in shlibs
289 files", thanks to Franz Pop and Raphaël Hertzog (Closes: #363133).
290 * Bug fix: "Introduce a requirement for internationalisation of debconf
291 templates", thanks to Christian Perrier (Closes: #402975).
292 * Bug fix: "GFDL is now in common-licenses". Also add the rest of the
293 specific license versions and the GPLv3 (Closes: #420701).
294 * Bug fix: "Virtual package for Japanese font packages
295 (ttf-japanese-mincho and ttf-japanese-gothic)", thanks to Nobuhiro
296 Iwamatsu (Closes: #440931).
297 * Drop unsupported docbook-xml format from the doc-base file for the
298 debconf specification.
299 * Remove inactive uploaders and add Russ Allbery.
300 * Update Standards-Version to 3.7.3 (no changes required).
302 -- Russ Allbery <rra@debian.org> Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:55 -0800
304 debian-policy (3.7.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
306 * Bug fix: "clarify 12.3 Additional documentation", thanks to Peter
307 Eisentraut (Closes: #367697).
308 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/dependcy/dependency/", thanks to Justin
309 Pryzby (Closes: #375508).
310 * Bug fix: "various spelling mistakes", thanks to Nico Golde
312 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo", thanks to Peter Samuelson
314 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] maintainer scripts must not be
315 world writable", thanks to Kari Pahula (Closes: #376438).
316 * Bug fix: "policy-process: s/ a a / a /; s/peoples/people's/;
317 s/intiated/initiated/; s/participattion the/participation in the/? add
318 quotes; s/was a larger/a larger/?", thanks to Justin Pryzby
320 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Include the GFDL in the set shipped in
321 /usr/share/common-licenses", thanks to Adeodato Simó. However, it is
322 premature to tell packages to use the common licenses file until we
323 actually ship the license in /usr/share/common-licenses/ (Closes: #378386).
324 * Bug fix: "circular dependencies, improved guarantees", thanks to Ian
325 Jackson (Closes: #379630).
326 * Bug fix: "section on invoke-rc.d doesn't make sense", thanks to Peter
327 Eisentraut (Closes: #380692).
328 * Bug fix: "policy: postinst doesn't document typical abort-remove
329 case", thanks to Justin Pryzby. Removed all such comments. This is not
330 the place to document such material. (Closes: #373212).
331 * Bug fix: "use of "invoke-rc.d $PACKAGE stop || exit $?" in
332 prerm scripts", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #370471).
333 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Inconsistent requirements wrt bashisms",
334 thanks to Frank Küster (Closes: #367531).
335 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/with With/with /", thanks to Justin Pryzby
337 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: "$RET" not "RET"", thanks to Justin Pryzby
339 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Spelling error in chapter 9.1.1:
340 exceptiions", thanks to Andreas Janssen (Closes: #388302).
341 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document ~ behavior in version numbers", thanks
342 to Jakob Bohm (Closes: #382612).
343 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [ACCEPTED] Request for the 'stardict'",
344 thanks to Andrew Lee (Closes: #385935).
345 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] virtual package 'lzh-archiver' -- an LZH archiver
346 package", thanks to Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) (Closes: #387027).
348 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 2 Oct 2006 17:31:23 -0500
350 debian-policy (3.7.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
352 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: s/control are/&a/; s/stats/status/;
353 s/and/an/; s/'/"/; s/rewind/unwind/; s/fact/& that/; s/like
354 like/look like/;", thanks to Justin Pryzby (Closes: #372147).
355 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor typo in footnote 53", thanks to Jordà
356 Polo (Closes: #372497).
357 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 9.1.1: "'..' character"
358 should be "'.' character"", thanks to Matt Zagrabelny
360 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: More typos in upgrading-checklist.txt",
361 thanks to Kevin B. McCarty (Closes: #366466).
362 * Bug fix: "typo: package remains in and "Installed' state", thanks
363 to Sam Hocevar \(Debian packages\) (Closes: #369413).
364 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Cleanup build-dependencies", thanks to Stefan
365 Huehner (Closes: #366032).
366 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: 2.2 should be named 'categories'", thanks to
367 Thomas Weber (Closes: #369912).
368 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: old postinst abort-upgrade, not new", thanks
369 to Justin Pryzby. The fix was thanks to Margarita Manterola
371 * Bug fix: "policy: please say which control fields can line-wrap",
372 thanks to Peter Samuelson (Closes: #372731).
373 * Bug fix: "debian/copyright should be mentioned in source section",
374 thanks to Ian Jackson (Closes: #369011).
375 * Bug fix: "GNU office not on Temple Place anymore", thanks to Dan
376 Jacobson (Closes: #366889).
378 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 20 Jun 2006 00:18:19 -0500
380 debian-policy (3.7.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
382 * Revert the cgi-lib change.
383 * Bug fix: "Clarification for difference between Build-Depends and
384 Build-Depends-Indep (Section 7.6)", thanks to Christoph Berg
385 Note that this is not part of policy, just an informative footnote.
387 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in policy 5.6.3: semantic meaning",
388 thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #365907).
390 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 18:07:19 -0500
392 debian-policy (3.7.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
394 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] 11.9: document handling of directories permission
395 when upgrading", thanks to Bill Allombert (Closes: #136318).
396 * Bug fix: "[DISCUSS] documentation of the "-fPIC" constraint", thanks
397 to Loïc Minier. Clarified when it may be reasonable to violate the standard
398 directive that shared libraries must be compiled with -fPIC, and
399 static libraries without, added the protocol to be followed when
400 doing so. (Closes: #329762).
401 * Bug fix: "Minor typo in upgrading checklist", thanks to David
402 Weinehall (Closes: #364982).
403 * Bug fix: "Typo in upgrading-checklist", thanks to David Weinehall
405 * Bug fix: "typo in debian policy section 10.9.1", thanks to Miguel Gea
406 Milvaques (Closes: #365058).
407 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: The section 11.8.5 needs some
408 clarifications", thanks to Robert Luberda (Closes: #365356).
409 * Bug fix: "11.8.7: X11R7 puts headers in /usr/include/X11", thanks to
410 Drew Parsons (Closes: #365510).
411 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in policy-process:
412 "Guideliens"", thanks to Lars Wirzenius (Closes: #360518).
413 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: repeated word in section 10.4", thanks to
414 Russ Allbery (Closes: #364985).
415 * Bug fix: "typo in debian-policy", thanks to Miguel Gea Milvaques
418 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 3 May 2006 11:17:42 -0500
420 debian-policy (3.7.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
422 * Bug fix: "[PENDING AMENDMENT 20/01/2000] Splitting cgi-bin", thanks to
423 Brian White. (Closes: #32263).
424 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: [PROPOSAL] Should update to Filesystem
425 Hierarchy Standard FHS 2.3", thanks to Tobias Burnus
426 (Closes: #230217, #212434, #344158).
427 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 11/04/2006] Permit multi-line fields in
428 debian/control", thanks to John R. Daily. Mention that all fields,
429 except the Uploaders, are supposed to be a single logical line, which
430 may be spread over multiple physical lines (newline followed by space
431 is elided). Also mention that anything parsing the control file must
432 allow for a multi-line uploaders field. (Closes: #148194).
433 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 12/04/2004] frown on programs in PATH with
434 language extentions", thanks to Joey Hess. (Closes: #190753).
435 * Bug fix: "init script stop example should use --oknodo", thanks to
436 Matt Kraai. Removed the example entirely. (Closes: #346598).
437 * Bug fix: "policy 12.5: Please recommend a sane practice WRT different
438 gpl versions (was: Re: RFC/RFS: beef - a flexible BrainFuck
439 interpreter)", thanks to Justin Pryzby. The subject leaves something
440 to be desired, but polic should not attempt to enumerate all common
441 licenses. (Closes: #355263).
442 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Conflicting Architecture definitions", thanks
443 to Hans Ulrich Niedermann. Punt to dpkg-architecture to providing
444 legal architecture strings, since that's what is used by everyone
445 anyway. The version in policy was wrong, but that s=does not seem to
446 have hindered anyone, which indicates that this policy directive was
447 uneeded. Now the dpkg-architecture list is deemed authoritative, which
448 it is, but the format for the string is defined by policy, and the
449 current list of architecture strings is in an informative foot note.
451 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 06/04/2006] Make use of invoke-rc.d, if
452 available, mandatory", thanks to Lars Wirzenius. (Closes: #361137).
453 * Bug fix: "no longer current regarding X font paths", thanks to Joey
454 Hess (Closes: #362247).
455 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please prohibit circular dependencies, or
456 mention that dependencies won't be respected during prerm remove",
457 thanks to Justin Pryzby. Well, we did not prohibit circular
458 dependencies. But we do now have a warning that In case of circular
459 dependencies, since installation or removal order honoring the
460 dependency order can't be established, dependency loops are broken at
461 some random point, and some packages may not be able to rely on their
462 dependencies being present when being installed or removed, depending
463 on which side of the break of the circular dependcy loop they happen
464 to be on. (Closes: #362975).
465 * Bug fix: "8.6.4. Providing a `shlibs' file: s/should create/must
466 provide/", thanks to Christoph Berg. Clarified the wording.
468 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Chapter 6 - Package maintainer scripts:
469 redundant info about exit status", thanks to Daniel Bonniot
471 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Refers to upgrading-checklist.txt instead of
472 upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks to Matt Kraai (Closes: #349775).
473 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: dpkg-gencontrol now uses -isp by default",
474 thanks to Guillem Jover (Closes: #359817).
475 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] unclear recommendation for debconf w/
476 dpkg-statoverride", thanks to Eduard Bloch (Closes: #199849).
477 * debian-policy: please support Watch file as recommendation, thanks to
478 Bluefuture (Closes: #342611).
479 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSED] Mandate http servers to provide httpd-cgi as
480 relevenat", thanks to Uwe Hermann. This is already supported by the
481 http servers out there. (Closes: #117916).
483 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 25 Apr 2006 23:56:16 -0500
485 debian-policy (3.6.2.2) unstable; urgency=low
488 * Bug fix: "policy is out of date re tasks and tasksel", thanks to Joey
489 Hess. Removed the section from policy. (Closes: #344310).
490 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package cron-daemon",
491 thanks to Steve Greenland (Closes: #257726).
492 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: incorrect tar example deb manipulation",
493 thanks to Bob Proulx (Closes: #224770).
494 * Bug fix: "Probable typo in 10.1 install -s miss INSTALL =", thanks to
495 Bill Allombert (Closes: #341992).
496 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: postinst abort-remove (6.7) not present in
497 summary (6.4)", thanks to Ferenc Wagner (Closes: #338493).
498 * Bug fix: "UTF-8 footnote is out of date (pre-sarge)", thanks to Martin
499 Michlmayr (Closes: #337539).
500 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in perl-policy", thanks to Tibor Csögör
502 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Outdated FSF postal address in Copyright
503 Notice", thanks to Jean-Marc Ranger (Closes: #334819).
504 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: §6.5 (3)(1): missing "Error
505 unwind:" for "new-postrm abort-upgrade"", thanks to
506 Henning Makholm (Closes: #321792).
507 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typo in §5.6.3: co-maintaintainers", thanks
508 to Henning Makholm (Closes: #321790).
509 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: typos in sect 9.3.1: "ends .sh",
510 "rather that"", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #343933).
511 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Unclear wording of ldconfig requirements in
512 section 8.1.1", thanks to Ben Finney (Closes: #318214).
513 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in 8.6.2: ${shlib:Depends} must be
514 ${shlibs:Depends}", thanks to Thijs Kinkhorst (Closes: #318147).
515 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: gzipped fhs-2.3 documentation is corrupt",
516 thanks to Gabor Gombas (Closes: #340189).
517 * Bug fix: "Section 6.3 should reference 3.10.1", thanks to Marc 'HE'
518 Brockschmidt (Closes: #326633).
519 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: section 2.2 refers to no-longer existant
520 non-US repository sections", thanks to Martin-Eric Racine
523 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 25 Dec 2005 08:47:52 -0600
525 debian-policy (3.6.2.1) unstable; urgency=low
527 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Typo in upgrading-checklist.txt.gz", thanks
528 to Romain Francoise. Added the missing /. (Closes: #314569).
529 * Bug fix: "x-session-manager already in use, so please add to
530 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Christopher Martin
532 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED] SRFI 22 names for Scheme implementations", thanks
533 to Jorgen Schaefer (Closes: #310113).
534 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please add x-display-manager to
535 virtual-package-names-list.txt", thanks to Jon Dowland (Closes: #294633).
537 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:48:14 -0500
539 debian-policy (3.6.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
542 * Bug fix: "policy 11.5.3 refers to using the menu package to register
543 docs", thanks to Joey Hess (Closes: #222553).
544 * Bug fix: "[PROPOSAL] Document Uploaders: field in policy", thanks to
545 Andrew Pollock. Andreas Metzler provided the wording, though it was
546 modified during inclusion. (Closes: #203145).
547 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Minor grammatical correction in section 9.4",
548 thanks to Eric Evans. I rejected the proposed change, instead I went
549 over the whole policy document and removed all he/she/him/her
550 constructs before the gender police jump all over me. (Closes: #273122).
551 * Bug fix: "XSI:ism in prerm and postinst", thanks to David Weinehall
553 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify section 12.7.", thanks to
554 Adrian Bunk. Added a clarifying footnote that makes it clear that
555 section 12.3 does not allow one to ignore section 12.7 (Closes: #276953).
557 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: should not ship generated files in source
558 archive, and should clean them from the tree", thanks to Branden
559 Robinson (Closes: #284967).
560 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Detailed description of maintainer script
561 calls (Section 6.5) is incomplete", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz
562 and Thomas Hood. What happens when error unwinding itself runs into
563 problems is perhaps not discussed as completely as it should be.
565 * Bug fix: "9.3.3.2 "command -v" example needs tweaking",
566 thanks to Thomas Hood. Instead of the massively complex shenanigans
567 suggested in the bug report, just use which. which lives in an
568 essential package, so can be used in the preinst of packages.
570 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: please clarify/loosen the policy on rewriting
571 history", thanks to Frank Küster. Since this was not really a
572 directive, but merely an expression of an opinion, moved it into an
573 informative footnote. (Closes: #290270).
574 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package request: mpd-client", thanks
575 to Eric Wong (Closes: #270020).
576 * Bug fix: "[ACCEPTED 2005/02/04]: "libexec", or use of "lib" for
577 binaries in lib* packages", thanks to Junichi Uekawa
579 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: virtual package: flexmem", thanks to Bartosz
580 Fenski aka fEnIo (Closes: #239359).
581 * Bug fix: "Please clarify Section 2.5. required <-> essential",
582 thanks to Adrian Bunk. Clarified the section. (Closes: #216104).
583 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Please remove virtual package
584 aspell-dictionary", thanks to Brian Nelson (Closes: #295939).
585 * Bug fix: "[AMENDMENT 18/02/2002] Where to place web-accessible
586 images", thanks to Tollef Fog Heen (Closes: #89867).
587 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: erroneous enumeration in prebuilt policy.*
588 files", thanks to Nikolaus Schulz. I am hoping that this shall go away
589 when we rebuild. (Closes: #286553).
590 * Bug fix: "please make names of alternate versions links", thanks to
591 Robert Cheramy. Added HTTPPATH elements that should provide the URL's
592 as well as the hyperlinks. (Closes: #308886).
593 * Bug fix: "www.debian.org: Misspelling in Policy Manual", thanks to
594 Roberto C. Sanchez Various spelling errors were also corrected in a
595 spell check run. (Closes: #309162).
597 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 16 Jun 2005 20:27:17 -0500
599 debian-policy (3.6.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
602 * [AMENDMENT 15/09/2003] Move documentation of behavior of ancient dpkg
603 in 6.6 to a footnote. closes: Bug#209855
604 * Fix the outdated link for the mime subpolicy. closes: Bug#212153
605 * Fix a missing comma in the list of sections closes: Bug#215524
606 * Fix spelling of sysv-rc closes: Bug#215558
607 * [AMENDMENT 28/03/2004] ${perl:Depends} documentation
608 incomplete. Added an informative foot note stating that dependencies
609 caused by versioned uses and on separately packaged modules are not
610 included in this variable and must be explicitly included.
612 * Clarified that section 3.2.1 refers to the date based postion of the
613 version number, if not already clear from the context. This allows
614 developers leeway in selecting date based version numbers for their
615 packages, without loosing the advantages of the format specified in
616 this section. closes: Bug#248618
617 * Bug fix: "Broken link to virtual-package-names-list.txt in section
618 3.6", thanks to Carlos O'Donell (Closes: #248786).
619 * Bug fix: "Broken link to debconf_specification.txt.gz in section
620 3.10.1 of the Debian Policy manual.", thanks to Carlos O'Donell and
621 Scott C.MacCallum <scm@madoshi.com> (Closes: #248788, 247761).
622 * Bug fix: "missing commas in subsections list", thanks to Filippo
623 Giunchedi (Closes: #236614).
624 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: policy-process, broken URL", thanks to Manoj
625 Srivastava (Closes: #244969).
626 * Bug fix: "bad reference to debconf-devel(8) has to be (7)", thanks to
627 Kevin Price (Closes: #247143).
628 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: Small wording change", thanks to Mike Paul
630 * Bug fix: "debian-policy: broken URL: CSH Programming Considered
631 Harmful", thanks to Steven Augart (Closes: #253324).
632 * Bug fix: "New virtual package: cron-daemon", thanks to Adam Byrtek
635 * Fixed detection of invoke-rc.d's existence, closes: #218530.
636 * Generalized the dpkg-shlibdeps example and added a current example in a
637 footnote, set proper section ids and linked the d-sd section better,
639 * Clarified the section about the Architecture field and added footnotes
640 to indicate recommended actions, closes: #51832.
641 * Updated PGP references, closes: #68827.
642 * Linked f-Format in the list of fields of the .dsc file, not mandatory
643 according to my skimming of dpkg-source, closes: #70742.
644 * Fixed the command line required to output the copyright file,
646 * Removed the long obsolete notion of specific directory names within
647 source tarballs, closes: #79210.
649 * sgml-dtd was moved, fix FTBFS. Closes: #241683
650 * fix link to WM specification. Closes: #235484
651 * manpage -> man page. Closes: #232364, #238958
652 * language adjustment. Closes: #227762
653 * added virtual packages stardict-dictionary, inetd-superserver.
654 Closes: #185943, #237049
656 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 25 Jun 2004 16:07:38 -0500
658 debian-policy (3.6.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
661 * Removed obsolete section on obsolete constructs and libraries,
664 * Change reference to the debconf introduction from kitenet to a debian
665 hosted server. closes: Bug#187297
666 * Added myspell-dictionary to the virtual packages list closes: Bug#203728
667 * Fix the restart action in the init.d/bind example; it now uses
668 --oknodo so that the action does not fail when the service is not
669 running. closes: Bug#187250
670 * invoke-rc.d and update-rc.d are now in the sysv-rc package instead of
671 the sysvinit package. Fixed a reference in policy. closes: Bug#200440
672 * Note that postinst abort-remove is called if there is an error while
673 removing the package. closes: Bug#188030
674 * [AMENDMENT 2003/08/03] Make Debconf the standard for prompting the
675 user closes: Bug#176506
677 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 19 Aug 2003 07:28:10 -0500
679 debian-policy (3.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
682 * Restructured Policy, closes: #189306.
683 + Many packaging manual appendices that were integrated into policy
684 sections are now empty, and replaced with links to the Policy.
685 In particular, the appendices that included the list of control
686 fields were updated (new fields like Closes, Changed-By were added)
687 and the list of fields for each of control, .changes and .dsc files
688 is now in Policy, and they're marked mandatory, recommended or
689 optional based on the current practice and the behaviour of the
690 deb-building toolchain.
691 + Elimination of needlessly deep section levels, primarily in the
692 chapter Debian Archive, from which two new chapters were split out,
693 Binary packages and Source packages. What remained was reordered
694 properly, that is, some sect1s became sects etc.
695 + Several sections that were redundant, crufty or simply not designed
696 with any sort of vision, were rearranged according to the formula that
697 everything should be either in the same place or properly interlinked.
698 Some things remained split up between different chapters when they
699 talked about different aspects of files: their content, their syntax,
700 and their placement in the file system. In particular, see the new
701 sections about changelog files.
703 * Added Games/Simulation to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194974
704 * Added Apps/Education to menu subpolicy closes: Bug#194972
705 * [ACCEPTED]: Debian changelogs should be UTF-8 encoded. Changed the
706 wording from a should to a may; since a should would make an unknown
707 number of packages insta buggy. A reuest makes all these wishlist
708 bugs; we can raise the severity in a later version of policy.
710 * Added LANG=C before the debiandoc2X invocations, this ensures that the
711 resulting documents do not get converted to the locale on the building
712 machine. This answers some of the issues mentioned in Bug#175064
713 * [AMENDMENT 02/05/2003] encourage packagers to systematically prevent
714 mis-linked libraries closes: Bug#191369
715 * [AMENDMENT 6/6/2003] build-depends-indep need not be satisfied
716 during clean target. closes: Bug#191411, Bug#178809
717 * Fixed the fact that section 7.5.1 does not describe dpkg's true
718 behavior. Now added a footnote that explains that replaces is a one
719 way relationship. closes: Bug#183195
720 * Could no longer find the misspelling "seciton", thus this must have
721 been fixed in a previous change in the manual. closes: Bug#193903
722 * Fixed an incorect /usr/share/common-licences/GPL reference, ensured a
723 consistent spelling across the manuals. closes: Bug#189516
724 * Removed an extraneous > in menu policy. closes: Bug#187615
725 * Fixed typos, and part of the report that was deemed valid; the other
726 changes suggested were incorrect, or style issues. closes: Bug#169744
727 * updated the section numbers in the upgrading checklist
728 for the restructuring
730 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Wed, 9 Jul 2003 18:01:35 +0200
732 debian-policy (3.5.10.0) unstable; urgency=low
735 * Fixed date, typos and added indentation in the virtual packages list,
737 * Changed the formatting of the link to the authors section to avoid
738 confusion in the debiandoc2txt output, closes: #185985.
739 * Fixed various typos, closes: #189274, #187418, #187422, #189654.
740 * Removed broken link to csh.whynot on CPAN, closes: #187567.
741 * Updated archive section list, closes: #187420.
742 * Stop attaching byhand tarballs, cf. bug #184082.
744 * Clarify x-terminal-emulator virtual package eligibility, in an
745 extention to an informative footnote. closes: Bug#165063
746 * Add 40 points, not 20, when the window manager is compliant with "The
747 Window Manager Specification Project". closes: Bug#167004
748 * Fixed reference to the debconf URL (we can change the URL as it
749 changes again, and I don't think any additional load would accrue
750 since people using the old URL were redirected to auric anyway).
752 * Inserted the word only in the package name section. closes: Bug#184368
753 * Amended the section about Prompting in maintainer scripts. Added a
754 footnote (quoting from the Jargon File) to explain what "by hand"
755 means in a computer context. closes: Bug#184507
757 -- Josip Rodin <joy-packages@debian.org> Sat, 10 May 2003 19:13:50 +0200
759 debian-policy (3.5.9.0) unstable; urgency=low
762 * Added missing bits of information about Description: fields from
763 the old Packaging manual, closes: #172022
764 * Fixed a stale reference to the "base system maintainer" to
765 base-passwd maintainer, closes: #174927
766 * Fixed an accidental change from /usr/share/package to /usr/share/doc in
767 the paragraph about not depending on /usr/share/doc/package,
769 * Fixed several errors reported by Guenther Palfinger, with some help from
770 Richard Braakman, closes: #177205, #177206, #177207, #177208, #177209
771 * Added versions to links and docbook-xml source-dependencies, hopefully
772 fixes the bug with potato, and even if it doesn't, I don't care :)
774 * Fixed typos in the debconf spec noticed by Jay Bonci, closes: #178455
775 * Clarified that using Build-Depends for build-dependencies is not a "may"
776 but a "should", added proper linking among various sections dealing with
777 the dependencies so that there is no confusion, closes: #87510
778 If any one of those poor, misguided people ;) still thinks that the
779 requirement should be a "must" (in _our_ meaning, not RFC "MUST"),
780 please file a new bug, as it's quite unproductive to have to sift
781 through a 152-page bug log which mostly goes back-and-forth with
782 explanations how policy should work, occasionally sprinkled with
784 * When asked to restart a service that isn't already running, the init
785 script should start it, closes: #60979
786 * Rephrased section on configuration files to remove confusing use of
787 "should", closes: #170019
788 * Rearranged the shared library information properly, closes: #109166
789 This change also centralizes the info on how to ship static libraries
790 in one place (hopefully not too ambiguous), closes: #93975
791 * Allow examples to be placed in /usr/share/doc/package/ in packages
792 that are meant to provide examples, closes: #69864
793 * Removed several references to the Policy manual etc in the stuff
794 imported from old packaging manual, closes: #181923
795 * Fixed too greedy wildcard match in the logrotate example,
798 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@acm.org> Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:35:16 -0600
800 debian-policy (3.5.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
803 * Added example for why one may call ldconfig anywhere in the
804 postsint. closes: Bug#120585
805 * Add the modifications about base system, as opposed to the soon to be
806 obsolete base section (I assume it is) closes: Bug#53582
807 * Rearranged the virtual packages list. closes: Bug#72980
808 * This is basically an attempt to ratify the current practice of using
809 debhelper in the clean target. Currently, policy does not require
810 debhelper to be installed when the clean target is run, even though it
811 is in the build-depends field. This was a simple oversight.
813 * No longer depend on fileutils. closes: Bug#167425
814 * Added the Apps/Science menu section closes: Bug#162812
815 * Applied text patch from Joey Hess to the debconf spec simply make it
816 conform to the reality of how some things work now. This is part of an
817 effort to make debconf and cdebconf better substitutes for each
818 other. Since it was not an XML patch, no special markup is present in
819 the new content, except where I made guesses. closes: Bug#160776
820 * Clarify section 13.3. closes: Bug#160248
821 * Removed the undocumented(7) hack requirement. closes: Bug#39830
823 * Removed the obsolete notion of documenting changes within the copyright
824 file, closes: Bug#65764
826 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Fri, 15 Nov 2002 00:36:54 -0600
828 debian-policy (3.5.7.1) unstable; urgency=low
830 * Fix the debconf spec to (postinst -> postrm) closes: Bug#129375, Bug#160839
831 * Fix update-rc.d example, mention that changing run-levels or priority
832 may require removing and re-creating the symbolic links. closes: Bug#149709
833 * Fix the groff and col -b interaction closes: Bug#164755
834 * Added section numbers to upgrading checklist closes: Bug#160914
835 * Fixed typo KB_Backspace -> KB_BackSpace
836 * Clarify wording in the section about ChangeLog files to allow for
837 symbolic links in /usr/share/doc/ directory (was already allowed in a
838 previous section of policy 13.6) closes: Bug#111137
839 * Removed a spurious + from text. closes: Bug#160908
840 * Added a note in the debconf spec to consult debconf-devel(8) for
841 details. closes: Bug#133030
842 * Added a reference to the local copy of the FHS. closes: Bug#122928
843 * Updated reference to ash (dash). This implements the non controversial
846 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 26 Oct 2002 13:12:49 -0500
848 debian-policy (3.5.7.0) unstable; urgency=low
850 * Fixed some broken hrefs in links
851 * No longer use local debiandoc stuff (it's been fixed upstream)
852 * Added table of contents (index.html) to policy-process.sgml, fixing
853 the new error reported to bug #137521 closes: Bug#137521
854 * Fixed a couple of typos closes: Bug#139832
855 * Ran through the policy document looking for long instances of text in
856 the <tt> tag, and changed it to <file> where appropriate. This is
857 since the <file> tag can handle line breaking, but the <t> flag does
858 not. closes: Bug#139820
859 * Change the requirement to ask permission to make devices to merely
860 requiring a notification. closes: Bug#106280
861 * Added a build dependson docbook utils. closes: Bug#154660
862 * Since this is being built with a newer version of debiandoc-sgml, this
863 should display better with lynx. closes: Bug#153704
864 * Add in the crypto-in-main amendment. closes: Bug#81852, Bug#144411
865 * we no longer have task packages, instead, we define tasks using a
866 special field in the control file (and these should be added only
867 after discussion on the mailing lists) closes: Bug#97755
868 * Clarify wording in the section for packages providing fonts.
870 * Fix the doc base file for policy process closes: Bug#137521, Bug#147554
872 * using set -e is not dubious advice. Rejecting this. closes: Bug#139969
873 * Make the directory one is building under ./debian/ be up to the
874 maintainer, instead of mandating ./debian/tmp/ closes: Bug#144297
875 * Add a standards version closes: Bug#145067
876 * Added virtual package debconf-2.0 closes: Bug#151328
877 * Added The Window Manager Specification Project support to the default
878 window manager selection mechanism closes: Bug#155680
879 * The confusion between /var/mail and /var/spool/mail seems to have been
880 disambiguated. closes: Bug#114949
881 * Mention the new Build-Depend-Indep semantic and the new
882 build-indep/build-arch rules in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#116134
883 * Made package naming rules in policy consistent. I did not eliminate
884 the duplication, since I don't want to make major changes to the flow,
885 since we are supposed to be re-writing policy anyway. closes: Bug#131441
886 * Clarified wording about cases where we may have concrete and virtual
887 packages with the same name. closes: Bug#134977
888 * Fixed typo 'be be' closes: Bug#138681
889 * Fixed typo in appendix G -- example of diversion closes: Bug#140697
890 * fix typo shlib: -> shlibs: closes: Bug#141903
891 * Provide a link between two sections dealing with virtual packages.
893 * Fixed xtifr's email address in the menu policy closes: Bug#152965
894 * Allow shared library names to be have a hyphen between library name
895 and soversion if the library name ends in a number. closes: Bug#100472
896 * Permit some libraries to only install static libs. closes: Bug#100346
897 * Remove the debug option, add noopt closes: Bug#157131, Bug#113525
898 * provide dhcp-client virtual package. closes: Bug#154142
899 * We do not need bits in policy that ``should not be enforced''.
901 * We are building this with the latest debianndoc-sgml. closes: Bug#146703
902 * Finish incorporating all of the accepted changes in Bug#72335, and
903 this closes: Bug#141307, Bug#156546
904 * Added virtual package aspell-dictionary closes: Bug#139067
905 * Added virtual package radius-server closes: Bug#118608
906 * Clarifying manual pages is not a policy issue. closes: Bug#112828
907 * Corrected the ldconfig handling instructions. closes: Bug#111025
908 * Not a policy issue. closes: Bug#106826
909 * Removed the /usr/doc/ symlink clause. closes: Bug#47298, Bug#69311
911 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 31 Aug 2002 02:18:02 -0500
913 debian-policy (3.5.6.1) unstable; urgency=low
915 * Set the cotact information for the FHS contact, and add mention of the
916 FHS mailing list. closes: Bug#137172
917 * ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/doc/package-developer/ certainly seems to
918 exist, and does contain the menu policy. closes: Bug#110711, Bug#121977
919 * Added java related virtual packages closes: Bug#110713
920 * Fixed confusion in appar4ently contradictory wording about /etc/init.d
921 scripts: clarified to emphasize that the init.d files _are_
922 configuration files, and they _must_ have local changes preserved,
923 either (if they are present in the .deb) by marking them as conffiles
924 or, if they do not exist in the .deb file, by any other means. This
925 does not change any requirements, and should have no affect on any
926 conformant packages. closes: Bug#132621
927 * Fixed error in doc-base file closes: Bug#137521
928 * fixed typo in virtual packages list closes: Bug#110446
929 * Fixed typo in upgrading checklist. closes: Bug#110705
930 * Fixed typo (dependencies) in the policy closes: Bug#122931
931 * Fixed grammar errors in the policy closes: Bug#126131
932 * While I am cleaning out bugs, these are old and the reporter no longer
933 wnats to pursue them, and there was never a consensus reached. If
934 there is interest, new bugs can be filed. closes: Bug#51411, Bug#51412
935 * Added the virtual package dict-client closes: Bug#122996
936 * Added the virtual package foomatic-data closes: Bug#123570
937 * Added the virtual packages {x-}audio-mixer closes: Bug#131781
939 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 14 Mar 2002 12:16:53 -0600
941 debian-policy (3.5.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
943 * Change footnote about urgency values to the now-current list: low,
944 medium, high, emergency.
945 * Correct note about /etc/default files being conffiles/config files,
946 which I mucked up (sorry Joey) [10.3.2]
947 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Downgrade emacs/tex to optional
948 closes: Bug#102204, Bug#53849
949 * [AMENDMENT 2001/06/26] Next stage in usr/doc -> usr/share/doc transition
952 * [AMENDMENT 09/06/2001] Clarifying FHS policy closes: Bug#98291, Bug#60461
953 * Spelling correction closes: Bug#105625
954 * [AMMENDMENT 28/06/2001] Restrict http access to /usr/share/doc
956 * [AMENDMENT 23/5/2001] Optional build-arch and build-indep targets for
957 debian/rules closes: Bug#72335
958 * The old packaging manual is included in the policy document as an
959 informative appendix. It is not part of Debian Technical Policy, and
960 its presence is a temporary measure until dpkg documentation includes
961 the information provided. closes: Bug#105535
962 * Added information about optional blank lines in the chagelog format.
965 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 24 Jul 2001 21:43:22 -0500
967 debian-policy (3.5.5.0) unstable; urgency=low
969 * Fixed up incorrect entries in the changelog (there was an erroneous
970 3.5.0.1 revision which never happened; it has now been correctly
971 merged with the 3.5.3.0 changelog entry)
972 * Add section numbers to upgrading-checklist for all revisions from
974 * Complete rewrite (and renumbering) of sections 9.1 and 9,2
975 * This time *really* include the HTML version of the FHS
976 * Added doc-base support for all of the HTML files
977 * Added several more files to the byhand list and rewrote chunks of
978 debian/rules to do this
979 * Add patched versions of debiandoc-sgml stuff to source package until
980 patches are incorporated upstream
981 * Versioned Build-Depend on debiandoc-sgml for fixed Text.pm
982 * Improved mkdir example in 10.1.2 closes: Bug#92744
983 * Made the "where examples live" entry in the upgrading-checklist
984 clearer (add "for use by scripts")
985 * Add a dpkg-statoverride description section closes: Bug#89473
986 * Fix the ldconfig usage description (remove "only if")
988 * Clarification of package priority issues vis-a-vis the X Windows
989 system closes: Bug#91249
990 * Enhanced x-terminal-emulator policy closes: Bug#91252
991 * Minor changes to X app-defaults policy closes: Bug#91259
992 * Clarification of X policy in respect to FHS closes: Bug#91260
993 * OpenMotif has the same rules as OSF/Motif closes: Bug#91261
994 * The X Font policy rewrite closes: Bug#91257
995 * The "man" program is no longer guaranteed to read header information
996 to find alternative manpage names closes: Bug#94995
997 * Correction to meaning of Standards-Version closes: Bug#97072
998 * Split section 12.8 (X Window System) into subsections for readability
999 * Plug-ins != shared libraries (at last) closes: Bug#66023
1000 * Add packaging manual remnants to policy document as appendices, and
1001 mention this in control file closes: Bug#95906
1002 * Clarification in Perl policy closes: Bug#98712
1004 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Fri, 1 Jun 2001 10:37:52 +0100
1006 debian-policy (3.5.4.0) unstable; urgency=low
1008 * [ACCEPTED 2/4/01] /var/mail and /var/spool/mail closes: Bug#42052
1009 * [AMENDMENT 26/04/2001] include Perl Policy closes: Bug#83977
1010 * Also incorporates all the improvements that Julian has made to to the
1011 grammar and flow of the policy manual. The following are mostly
1013 * Removed reference to non-extant dpkg documentation
1014 * Fixed the confusing self referential language. closes: Bug#85503
1015 * Correct ambiguous kanguage about declaring build dependencies.
1017 * Improved the woding of the footnote about shlibdeps.
1020 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:30:21 -0500
1022 debian-policy (3.5.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1024 * Removed recommendation on packaging-manual
1025 closes: Bug#86507, #93620, #93705
1026 * Also now Conflicts and Replaces packaging-manual
1027 * Remove FSSTND from binary package, although retain it in the source
1028 package for the time being
1029 * Get the version.ent non-compression thingy right this time!
1030 * Also install FHS stuff byhand (as requested by webmasters)
1031 * Corrected GPL name and location closes: Bug#88788, #93047
1032 * Correct bug severities closes: Bug#91276
1033 * Correct typos etc. in policy-process
1034 * Rename all .text files as .txt
1035 * Fixed the "to to" typo in policy closes: Bug#87007
1036 * Changed packaging manual ==> dpkg documentation closes: Bug#88651
1037 * [ACCEPTED 14/03/2001] Deprecate confusing closes: Bug#87828
1038 Build-Depends arch syntax
1039 * [AMENDMENT 29/03/2001] Clarification of example closes: Bug#87711
1041 * Undo all renaming to text, since the change had not been propogated to
1042 the rules file, which broke badly. This shall have to wait for a later
1044 * Richard Braakman and Michael Dorman have expressed their resignation
1045 from policy maintenance duties.
1046 * fixed the date thinko in upgrading checklist. Thanks to Sébastien
1047 Montagne <sebastien.montagne@netcourrier.com> closes: Bug#84236
1049 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:36:19 -0500
1051 debian-policy (3.5.2.0) unstable; urgency=low
1053 * Add XFree86 app-defaults ammendment closes: Bug#83069
1055 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Sun, 18 Feb 2001 14:11:49 +0000
1057 debian-policy (3.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1059 * Removed deprecated virtual package names closes: Bug#84641
1060 * Changed rmdir postrm example (suggestion on -policy list)
1061 * Removed Richard Braakman from list of maintainers at his request
1062 * Corrected typos and grammatical errors found by Sean Perry
1063 closes: Bug#85501, #85504, #85505, #85506
1064 closes: Bug#85508, #85510, #85511, #85514
1065 closes: Bug#84631, #84636, #85497, #85982
1066 closes: Bug#85986, #85993, #86001
1067 * No longer include the old proposal document closes: Bug#84079
1068 * Update footnote about dpkg-shlibdeps now that it uses objdump; bump up
1069 minor version number for this
1070 * Updated dpkg-shlibdeps example to use up-to-date package names (and
1071 correct dpkg-shlibdeps command line syntax)
1072 * Clarify error conditions for package installation
1073 (Bug#61801 from packaging-manual)
1074 * Add the "main" section of each distribution (got left out by
1075 accident!) (Bug#64304, #75955 from packaging-manual)
1076 * Clean version numbering string (Bug#73064 from packaging-manual)
1077 * Install HTML version of FHS closes: Bug#83487
1078 * Removed bashism from debian/rules
1080 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 15 Feb 2001 12:13:00 +0000
1082 debian-policy (3.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1084 * There have been numerous changes since the last major change, and
1085 peole have had tiome now to review the recent changes, so I am
1086 updating the policy minor version to reflect the quantity and
1087 magnitude of changes since 3.2.1
1088 * More spelling corrections, thanks to "Christian T. Steigies"
1090 * Added mention of DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS in upgrading checklist.
1092 * Fixed some typos. closes: Bug#83960
1093 * Policy now mentions preinst scripts. closes: Bug#80342
1094 * [AMENDMENT 2000/12/26] allow/document use of Debian Configuration
1095 management system (debconf) closes: Bug#80347
1096 * Yet more typo fixes closes: Bug#82743
1097 * Document the fact that X font utilities have moved to the package
1098 xutils closes: Bug#82966
1099 * Fixed the date in the virtual package list closes: Bug#83438
1100 * Cleaned up some ephemeral informative foornotes of the polic. Thanks
1101 to Branden Robinson <branden@debian.org> closes: Bug#83065
1102 * Corrected reference to the mime policy. closes: Bug#79891
1103 * Corrected reference to the menu policy. closes: Bug#75925
1104 * Added a note to the effect that the example make snippet used to
1105 illustrate the DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS environment variable is merely
1106 informative, and expanded the example to dismiss any confusion about
1107 potential failure due to accidentally trying to strip scripts.
1110 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 28 Jan 2001 21:59:16 -0600
1112 debian-policy (3.2.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1114 * The minimal change in version number is so that people can test and
1115 root out the bugs in this document before we make everyone change to
1117 * Document the Enhances relationship
1118 * Removed the restriction that one, and exactly one, person must
1119 maintain a package. closes: Bug#51879
1120 * Fixed a typo, and added the nogroup name, in uid/gid section of
1121 policy. closes: Bug#53496
1122 * Fixed a misstatement in policy about not needing to depend on packages
1123 in the base system (not true -- the Essential tag is significant)
1125 * Clarified update-rc.d stuff closes: Bug#55048
1127 * We have already included the material for shlibdep changes, and most
1128 of this is not relevant to policy anyway. closes: Bug#55730
1129 * makedev--> MAKEDEV closes: Bug#57154
1130 * Added restrictions on the files in /usr/share/doc/
1132 * Changed location of a paragraph about copyright files into the section
1133 that deals with copyright files. closes: Bug#65765
1134 * init script configuration variables closes: Bug#66912
1135 * Clarifed language about packages sharing a conffile need to be marked
1136 as conflicting closes: Bug#76028
1138 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 18 Jan 2001 01:43:58 -0600
1140 debian-policy (3.2.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1142 * Don't compress version.ent in the doc directory (it gets bigger!)
1143 * Incorporate the packaging manual into the policy document. The minimal
1144 change in version number is because I suspect that this version is
1146 closes: Bug#62943, Bug#72949
1147 * Fixed typo in menu-policy. closes: Bug#70442
1148 * Fixed typo in policy manual closes: Bug#70634, Bug#70643
1149 * Removed extraneous > from policy closes: Bug#77645
1150 * Fixed two typos in upgrading checklist closes: Bug#78809, Bug#78822
1151 * Fixed spelling of utility closes: Bug#82458
1152 * [ACCEPTED 2000/09/08] Free pkgs depending on non-US should go into
1153 non-US/{main,contrib} closes: Bug#69229
1154 * Added rsh-server and telnet server to the virtual packages list
1156 * Fixed outdated references to the FHS. closes: Bug#77650
1158 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jan 2001 23:53:31 -0600
1160 debian-policy (3.2.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1162 * [AMENDMENT 15/01/2000] revision of the "to build with X support or
1163 not" policy. closes: Bug#53759
1164 * [ACCEPTED 2000/06/06] Must/Should/May in policy This is only a
1165 clarifying change, and was not intended to change the intent of
1166 policy. closes: Bug#64437
1167 * [ACCEPTED 03/05/2000] About the use of conffiles. closes: Bug#61308
1168 * [AMENDMENT 10/05/2000] s/mail\.mail/root\.mail/ closes: Bug#62668
1169 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] Update for new non-US layout closes: Bug#62946
1170 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/debian-devel/debian-legal/ closes: Bug#62947
1171 * [ACCEPTED 04/05/2000] s/bash/base-files/ closes: Bug#62948
1172 * Typo: 1744s/tty/ttyS/ closes: Bug#64516
1173 * proposal for mp3-encoder virtual package closes: Bug#64004
1174 * proposal for mp3-decoder virtual package closes: Bug#64006
1175 * new virtual package time-daemon closes: Bug#69031
1176 * [PATCH] typos in menu-policy.sgml closes: Bug#69424
1177 * [PATCH] typos and awkwardness in policy.sgml closes: Bug#69426
1178 * the example for using nostrip in DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS is
1179 incorrect. closes: Bug#69487
1180 * [PATCH] more corrections closes: Bug#69670
1181 * [AMENDMENT 26/10/99] Amend non-free definition closes: Bug#46522
1182 * [AMMENDMENT 29/10/99] /bin/sh needs echo -n closes: Bug#48247
1183 * [AMENDMENT 1999/11/23] Clarify meaning of Essential: yes
1185 * [ACCEPTED] Request for new virtual packages: rsh-client and
1186 telnet-client closes: Bug#58759
1188 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 24 Aug 2000 02:06:30 -0500
1190 debian-policy (3.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1192 * Fixed bugs in debian-policy package:
1193 * We have had doc-base support for a while now. closes: Bug#15709
1194 * packaging manual: Added additional clarification on dpkg
1195 behaviour. closes: Bug#17369
1196 * [PROPOSAL] Do not make hardlinks to conffiles closes: Bug#22935
1197 * [PROPOSED]: clarification needed about diversions.
1198 fixed usage for dpkg-divert closes: Bug#29522
1199 * [OLD PROPOSAL] debian-policy has an unclear statement
1200 on dependancies and priorities closes: Bug#39398
1201 * [ACCEPTED 10/26/99] changelog.html.gz sanitization. closes: Bug#40934
1202 * [AMENDED 07/09/1999] policy on -g, a proposal closes: Bug#43787
1203 * Fixed missing </chapt> tag. closes: Bug#51091
1204 * Correct typo in section 2.3.5 closes: Bug#52225
1205 * Documented that the library before the symlink hack
1206 (which dependend on file system specific kinks to work)
1207 is no longer required by newer versions of dpkg. closes: Bug#53405
1208 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for usage of "xserver"
1209 alternative closes: Bug#53755
1210 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] additions to virtual package
1211 list closes: Bug#53756
1212 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-terminal-emulator"
1213 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53757
1214 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for "x-window-manager"
1215 virtual package and alternative closes: Bug#53758
1216 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of X application-defaults
1217 policy closes: Bug#53760
1218 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] revision of the Motif/LessTif
1219 policy closes: Bug#53761
1220 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] applying the FHS to packages
1221 that use X closes: Bug#53762
1222 * [ACCEPTED 02/01/2000] policy for X font packages closes: Bug#53763
1223 * Moved the documents into the Debian/ section, since
1224 that is where they belong, really. closes: Bug#54777
1225 * Fixed the ftp location in the manuals. closes: Bug#56407
1226 * Fixed missing urlname entity in the sgml docs (where
1227 was it defined before anyway?) closes: Bug#56692
1228 * Fixed bugs in packaging-manual package:
1229 * Fixed typo where dpkg-genchanges was used instead of
1230 dpkg-gencontrol. closes: Bug#58771
1232 * Added policy-process to document current procedures.
1233 * Added a dependency on fileutiles >=4.0, since the package would fail
1234 to install with older fileutils.
1235 * Installed FHS version 2.1
1236 * Policy recommends packaging manual and vice versa
1237 * Added FHS details to copyright file
1238 * Updaed the upgrade checklist. Minor changes to the ./debian/rules
1240 * Added footnotes in the packaging manual warning about the upcoming
1241 dpkg-shlibdeps change as in Bug#55730
1243 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Sun, 30 Jul 2000 17:43:02 -0500
1245 debian-policy (3.1.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1247 * Fixed an upgrade bug when /usr/doc happens to be a symlink, and does
1248 not point to /usr/share/doc. A couple of people were bitten by this.
1250 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 28 Feb 2000 22:27:05 -0600
1252 debian-policy (3.1.1.2) unstable; urgency=low
1254 * Correct missing </chapt> in packaging.sgml (closes: #51091)
1255 * Correct typo in policy 2.3.5 (closes: #52225)
1257 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 20 Dec 1999 20:39:57 +0000
1260 debian-policy (3.1.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1262 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 6.2.
1263 * Correction to typo in packaging manual, section 12.2.5 (closes:
1265 * More corrections to packaging manual typos (closes: #50857)
1267 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Mon, 22 Nov 1999 19:23:31 +0000
1269 debian-policy (3.1.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1271 * Correct description of negated architectures in Build-Depends
1272 description in Packaging manual (closes: #49901)
1274 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Tue, 16 Nov 1999 15:03:48 +0000
1276 debian-policy (3.1.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1278 * Add instructions on /usr/doc -> /usr/share/doc symlinks (closes:
1279 #45561, #42447, #48570)
1280 * Added source dependencies (closes: #41232)
1281 * Deprecated /etc/rc.boot (closes: #32448, #32449)
1282 * Update-rc.d now only legal way to automatically access /etc/rc?.d
1283 directoried (closes: #41547)
1284 * FHS compliant location of examples (closes: #42849)
1285 * Added ispell-dictionary to virtual-packages.list (following new
1286 suggestions: no objections => accept) (closes: #8221)
1287 * Added man-browser to virtual-packages.list (closes: #24695)
1288 * Added ident-server to virtual-packages.list (closes: #45307)
1289 * Alphabeticised virtual packages list ;)
1290 * Corrected GPL reference in proposal.sgml
1291 * Clarification of "extra" priority (closes: #33076)
1292 * Remove buggy and seriously problematic licenses from list of contrib
1293 package criteria (closes: #45318)
1294 * Move docs to /usr/share/doc with a compatibility symlink (closes:
1296 * Update to FHS 2.1 draft #3 (for /var/state etc. changes).
1297 * Correct /var/lib/games -> /var/games (closes: #42358)
1298 * Added MIME subpolicy (closes: #46516)
1299 * Added support for VISUAL (closes: #41121)
1300 * Clarify non-dependence on /usr/local (closes: #44922)
1301 * Modified description of mail spool locking (closes: #43651)
1302 * Clarified wording of conffiles and configuration files (closes:
1304 * Changed description of release numbers (closes: #44620)
1305 * Added changelog.html -> changelog requirement (closes: $40934)
1306 * packaging-manual now correctly installs its docs (closes: #44643)
1307 * The packaging manual now discusses version numbers based on dates
1309 * Mention ls -f for testing order in which files appear on disk (closes:
1311 * Change order of '.' and '+' in description of version numbers (closes:
1313 * s/fields/field names/ in section 4.1 of packaging manual for clarity
1314 * Add Build-Depends-Indep: field to control file
1316 -- Julian Gilbey <jdg@debian.org> Thu, 4 Nov 1999 23:50:37 +0000
1318 debian-policy (3.0.1.1) unstable; urgency=low
1320 * Typo corrected in packaging manual. closes: Bug#40180
1321 * Chnaged rules file to create ps and pdf files.
1323 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Mon, 16 Aug 1999 01:21:09 -0500
1325 debian-policy (3.0.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1327 * A few typos and omissions corrected
1328 * Added the pop3-server to the virtual packages list, as decided on the
1330 * Fix the self reference to a location on the web site. closes: Bug#39408
1331 * Added the clarification that the .la files are essential for the
1332 packages using libtool's libltdl library, in which case the
1333 .la files must go in the run-time library package. (this is why this
1334 is version 3.0.1.0, and not 3.0.0.1)
1335 * The virtual package list has new directions (this has been true for a
1336 while, I am just closing the bug now). closes: Bug#26159
1337 * Since this package now contains the FHS, this closes: Bug#25533
1338 * The General resolution prototcol handling of the logos closes: Bug#26915
1339 * Inclusion of the Menu policy in the main policy document closes: Bug#30036
1340 * Since proposal submitting guidelines are now in the policy package,
1341 this closes: Bug#38612
1342 * Changed a /usr/doc reference to /usr/share/doc which had beeen missed
1343 before. closes: Bug#40864
1345 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:35:11 -0500
1347 debian-policy (3.0.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1349 * This is a test version of the policy package, and shall not be
1350 officially uploaded.
1351 * Merged in the packaging manual sources (we still have two separate
1353 * Multiple minor packaging tweaks.
1354 * [ACCEPTED 1998/05/01] Policy clarification about Standards-Version
1355 Added the clarifying paragraph (and the rationale in a footnote).
1357 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/05] Policy note that GPL moved to
1358 /usr/share/common-licenses. Again, also added the rationale as a
1359 footnote. closes: Bug#28747
1360 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/04] Libtool archive (*.la) files in -dev' packages
1361 closes: Bug#37257, Bug#37338
1362 * [ACCEPTED 1999/04/28] Logrotation. Standardizer on logrotate.
1364 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/23] Rewrite of section 5.7 (Programs for the X
1365 Window System) closes: Bug#38212
1366 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/15] Separate menu policy (like virtual package list)
1368 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Utmp group proposal
1370 * [ACCEPTED 1999/05/09] Adopt the FHS in place of FSSTND
1371 Changed all references to the proper FHS versions. This was a first
1372 scan, so some references may still need to be changed. closes: Bug#37345
1373 * Updated the upgrading checklist.
1374 * updated the proposal for policy update to reflect the latest
1376 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:49:15 -0500
1378 debian-policy (2.5.1.0) unstable; urgency=low
1380 * Removed double '>' marks from the policy document. closes: Bug#35095
1381 * Corrected canonical source for "Csh Programming Considered Harmful"
1382 closes: Bug#36286 Bug#32499
1383 * Fixed typo in invocation of update-rc.d. closes: Bug#34988 Bug#34543
1384 * Fixed misspelling of accessible. Ran ispell over the rest of the
1385 document (painful because of the large number of technical terms in
1386 there). closes: Bug#34233
1387 * Make the binary package contain the version.ent as well. closes: Bug#31033
1388 * Fixed typo s/as is/is/. closes: Bug#30302
1389 * AMENDMENT 23/04/1999: changed /etc/nntpserver recommendation to
1390 /etc/news/server. closes: Bug#21875
1391 * Added the current list of policy maintainers. closes: Bug#30148
1393 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Tue, 27 Apr 1999 11:10:29 -0500
1395 debian-policy (2.5.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1397 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25911, which rearranged sections
1398 to create a new section 4, namely, files. Section 3.3 ("Files") should
1399 become Section 4. The Sections that are currently Section 4 and
1400 Section 5 should be moved down to become Section 5 and Section 6
1403 What is now Section 5.5 ("Log files") should be moved to be a
1404 subsection of the new Section 4 ("Files"), becoming section 4.8,
1405 placing it after "Configuration files", moving the would-be Section
1406 4.8 ("Permissions and owners") to Section 4.9. All subsections of the
1407 current Section 5 after 5.5 should be accordingly moved down to fill
1410 This, along with the next amendment, justifies bumping up the version
1411 number. closes: BUG#25911
1413 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #21185, about the naming and
1414 compression of changelog files. Now, if the upstream changelog file is
1415 HTML formatted, it should be accessible as
1416 /usr/doc/<package>/changelog.html.gz It also allows for this to be a
1417 symlink, if the upstream file name does not conform to Debian
1418 conventions. closes: BUG#21185
1420 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #7890, to make clear that the HTML
1421 documents should be supplied in _some_ package, not necessarily in the
1422 main binary package (at the discretion of the maintainer).
1425 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #26461, which corrects the policy
1426 to refer to /usr/doc/<package>/copyright, rather than
1427 /usr/doc/copyright/<package>. closes: BUG#26461
1429 * AMENDMENT: Added in changes in Bug #25385, which allow the
1430 architecture specification strings to be of the form <arch>-<os>,
1431 where os is one of linux, gnu. Previously, only linux was allowed, now
1432 we also cater to the hurd. closes: BUG#25385
1434 * The responsibility of the contents of this package has now passed to
1435 the debian-policy mailing list. The packaging details are now being
1436 managed by a group of maintainers that do ot won the contents.
1438 * Make the package optional, not extra.
1440 * Re did the SGML markup. Normalized the document, and undid the omitted
1441 and shor tags. Personally, I use too many DTD's in real life to be so
1442 converssant with each one to be clever with tag omissions, and, since
1443 I have a smart editor, omitting tags does not byuy one much. In the
1444 process, I discovered a few errors in the markup (one of my
1445 predecessors hasd the unfortunate habit of treating <p> as a "create
1446 some space here" tag, and more often than not put it at the end of a
1447 paragraph, rather than using is as a container element (which is what
1450 * Re did the control files, making them more robust
1452 * re did the rules file, making it more general, and easier to maintain
1453 by putting in a layer of abstractions.
1456 -- Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> Thu, 29 Oct 1998 15:16:52 -0600
1458 debian-policy (2.4.1.4) unstable; urgency=low
1460 * New Maintainer <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
1462 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Sat, 5 Sep 1998 02:41:35 +0100
1464 debian-policy (2.4.1.3) unstable; urgency=low
1466 * New maintainer (with changes from Adam P. Harris' proposed NMU)
1467 * policy.sgml: some awkward phrasings fixed (closes Bug#22006)
1468 * policy.sgml: s/depreciated/deprecated (closes Bug#21831)
1469 * debian/control: added conflict doc-base (<< 0.6), which I still am not
1470 sure why we need this but hey (closes Bug#21554)
1471 * policy.sgml: use new <url> tag where appropriate
1472 * policy.sgml, debian/control: always dynamically self reference the
1473 current version of policy, that is, do not hard code policy revision
1475 * debian/rules: use dpkg-gencontrol -isp
1476 * bugs fixed in some unknown previous version (closes Bug#23177)
1478 -- Philip Hands <phil@hands.com> Tue, 11 Aug 1998 09:54:17 +0100
1480 debian-policy (2.4.1.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1482 * non-maintainer release
1483 * rebuild package to fix truncated Chapter 3 (Bug#23408, not marked as
1484 important but should be, since a gaping hole in policy is very
1486 * bumped version of policy, within the document, to this version number,
1487 but not the date, indicating nothing really changed since then
1488 * no content changes
1489 * debian/rules: clean is a little cleaner
1491 -- Adam P. Harris <aph@debian.org> Tue, 16 Jun 1998 03:15:22 -0400
1493 debian-policy (2.4.1.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1497 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Thu, 14 May 1998 21:54:50 +0200
1499 debian-policy (2.4.1.0) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1501 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1503 - Updated section 3.1.2 Site-specific programs
1504 and section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1505 + improved wording (fixes:bug#20129)
1507 - Updated section 2.1.7 Subsections:
1508 + fixed typos (fixes:bug#18145)
1510 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic links:
1511 + symbolic links within a toplevel directory should be relative,
1512 symbolic links between toplevel directories should be absolute
1513 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 2)
1515 - Updated section 3.4 System run levels:
1516 + Intro: mention /etc/rcS.d (links to boot time scripts)
1517 + Notes: include rationale why /etc/init.d scripts have to be tagged
1518 as conffiles (fixes:bug#16199)
1519 + Example: changed example init.d script to handle force-reload
1520 and restart options and to comply with the console message
1521 standard (fixes:bug#19216)
1523 - Updated section 4.8 Emacs lisp programs:
1524 + Replaced old section about lisp programs with a reference to
1525 the file debian-emacs-policy.gz, installed by the emacsen-common
1528 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1529 + manpages for games should be installed in /usr/man/man6
1530 (cf., Policy Weekly Issue#6, topic 3)
1532 - Removed one example reference to the current standards version
1533 - Include manual's date as plain text in the .sgml source so that
1534 a recompiled manual uses the same release date
1536 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1537 - Removed obsolete virtual package `emacs'
1539 * New version numbering scheme:
1541 - The version numbers are independent of dpkg now, but all policy
1542 manuals (the Debian Policy Manual, the Debian Packaging Manual, and
1543 the Debian Developer's Reference) share the same version numbering
1546 - The first three digits of the version number specify the
1547 `Standards-Version.' This number is incremented with each policy
1548 change. The fourth digit represents the `patch-level,' which may
1549 differ between the manuals.
1551 If only the patch-level digit is incremented, no changes in policy
1552 have been made, except bug fixes and clarifications. Packages only
1553 have to specify the first three digits of the version number in the
1554 `Standards-Version' field of their source packages.
1556 * Packaging changes:
1558 - Uploaded to frozen and unstable. This is a documentation-only
1559 package and the changes to the manual are relevant for hamm.
1561 - Fixed FSF's address in copyright file (detected by Lintian)
1563 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 14 Apr 1998 10:08:09 +0200
1565 debian-policy (2.4.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1567 * Changes to the Debian Policy Manual:
1569 - Updated section 3.3.4 Scripts:
1570 + /bin/sh may be any POSIX compatible shell
1571 + scripts including bashisms have to specify /bin/bash as
1573 + scripts which create files in world-writable directories
1574 (e.g., in /tmp) should use tempfile or mktemp for creating
1577 - Updated section 3.3.5 Symbolic Links:
1578 + symbolic links referencing compressed files must have the same
1579 file extension as the referenced file
1581 - Updated section 3.3.6 Device files:
1582 + /dev/tty* serial devices should be used instead of /dev/cu*
1584 - Updated section 3.4.2 Writing the scripts [in /etc/init.d]:
1585 + all /etc/init.d scripts have to provide the following options:
1586 start, stop, restart, force-reload
1587 + the reload option is optional and must never stop and restart
1590 - Updated section 3.5 Cron jobs:
1591 + cron jobs that need to be executed more often than daily should
1592 be installed into /etc/cron.d
1594 - Updated section 3.7 Menus:
1595 + removed section about how to register HTML docs to `menu'
1596 (the corresponding section in 4.4, Web servers and applications,
1597 has been removed in policy 2.2.0.0 already, so this one was
1600 - New section 3.8 Keyboard configuration:
1601 + details about how the backspace and delete keys should be
1604 - New section 3.9 Environment variables:
1605 + no program must depend on environment variables to get a
1606 reasonable default configuration
1608 - New section 4.6 News system configuration:
1609 + /etc/news/organization and /etc/news/server should be supported
1610 by all news servers and clients
1612 - Updated section 4.7 Programs for the X Windows system:
1613 + programs requiring a non-free Motif library should be provided
1614 as foo-smotif and foo-dmotif package
1615 + if lesstif works reliably for such program, it should be linked
1616 against lesstif and not against a non-free Motif library
1618 - Updated section 4.9 Games:
1619 + games for X Windows have to be installed in /usr/games, just as
1622 - Lots of typos fixed (thanks to Ray Dassen for the patch!)
1624 * Changes to the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1625 - added `libc-dev' and `emacsen'
1627 * Merged `/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz' into this
1630 * Included `Policy checklist for upgrading your packages' from the
1631 Policy Home Page as /usr/doc/debian-policy/upgrading-checklist.text.gz
1633 * Added support for doc-base to register the Policy Manual to the
1634 online documentation systems dwww and dhelp (fixes:#15710)
1636 * Upgraded to standards version 2.4.0.0 (no changes)
1638 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Fri, 30 Jan 1998 21:58:25 +0100
1640 debian-policy (2.3.0.1) unstable; urgency=low
1642 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1643 - X library package is now called xlib6g
1644 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1645 - Added emacs, c-compiler, fortran77-compiler, lambdamoo-core,
1647 * Conflict with old dpkg-dev version that included policy manual
1649 * Removed `tentative-opt-draft' from package since people considered
1650 the draft official policy (which is not the case)
1651 * Don't use debstd anymore
1653 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:03:52 +0200
1655 debian-policy (2.3.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1657 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1658 - reworked chapter `The Debian Archive' to cover new
1659 contrib/non-free policy
1660 - call "contrib" and "non-free" a `section' (not `distribution')
1661 - refer to license files (GPL, LGPL, etc.) as uncompressed files
1662 - changed `/etc/news/server' into `/etc/nntpserver' in example of
1663 maintainer scripts (fixes #11517)
1664 - new section about `Daemons'
1665 - updated section about `Configuration files'
1666 - MUAs and MTAs have to use liblockfile
1667 - fixed typos and grammatical errors
1668 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names:
1669 - renamed tcl/tk virtual package names to `tclsh' and `wish'
1670 * Paper about libc6 migration:
1671 - fixed typos (fixes #11641), thanks to James Troup for the patch!
1672 * SGML source code included in package
1673 * don't use `2-up' style for PostScript version (fixes #11095)
1675 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 2 Sep 1997 00:54:31 +0200
1677 debian-policy (2.2.0.0) unstable; urgency=low
1679 * Changes in the Debian Policy Manual:
1680 - completely reworked structure
1681 - moved sections about new maintainers, upload procedure, interim
1682 releases, and mailing lists into the Developers Reference Manual
1683 - moved a few (small) sections into the Debian Packaging Manual
1684 - removed all those ugly footnotes
1685 - new example for "reload" in section about console messages
1686 - mention Artistic License (fixes #9793)
1687 - don't mention dpkg's version number in Policy Manual
1688 - rewrote abstract and section introductions
1689 - mention "orphaned packages"
1690 - maintainer is responsible for a package license to comply with the
1691 distributions' policy
1692 - putting a package into base section requires discussion on debian-devel
1693 - rewrote sections about "pre-depends", "essential" and, "base" packages
1694 - added note that non-us' maintainers have to live outside the US
1695 - added crypto-hook statement (fixes #7257)
1696 - added section about arch spec strings
1697 - rewrote section about "Site specific programs" (/usr/local)
1698 - included Ian's suggestions for user IDs
1699 - added section about "menus"
1700 - removed section about "web menus" since this will be superseded with
1701 the new documentation policy soon
1702 - incorporated "Debian Free Software Guidelines" (fixes #9024)
1703 - removed note that linking with -g produces large a.out binary (fixes
1705 - added section about editors and pagers
1706 - added note about Package priorities and dependencies
1707 - added section about cron jobs (fixes #8814)
1708 - added section about device files
1709 - don't install shared libraries as executable (fixes #7129)
1710 - app-defaults files may not be conffiles (cf. #2717)
1711 - lots of minor changes not worth mentioning here (typos, formulations,
1713 * Changes in the authoritative list of virtual package names
1714 - Removed obsolete virtual packages: xR6shlib, xlibraries,
1715 compress, emacs, sgmls, inews, gs_x, gs_svga, gs_both, xpmR6
1716 - Added new section about obsolete names
1717 * Added Helmut Geyer's paper about libc5-libc6 migration
1718 * Fixed package's description
1720 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sun, 13 Jul 1997 13:25:51 +0200
1722 debian-policy (2.1.3.3) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1724 * Mention Artistic License in section 2.5 (bug #9755)
1726 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Wed, 14 May 1997 16:53:15 +0200
1728 debian-policy (2.1.3.2) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1730 * Fixed an email address, an URL, and several typos in chapter 6 (#9358)
1731 * Added new virtual package "wordlist" to list (requested by Joey Hess)
1732 * Changed wording in section about "non-free" packages as suggested
1733 by Kai Henningsen (#7076)
1735 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Mon, 5 May 1997 20:05:39 +0200
1737 debian-policy (2.1.3.1) frozen unstable; urgency=low
1739 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-ur' should read `-us' (#8874)
1740 * Fixed bug in chapter 7: `-rwhatever' also needed for rebuild (#8874)
1741 * Create a PS and HTML version of the Policy Manual and upload it
1743 * Install virtual-package-names-list.text in /usr/doc/debian-policy
1744 and upload it "byhand" too.
1746 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Tue, 29 Apr 1997 18:02:14 +0200
1748 debian-policy (2.1.3.0) unstable; urgency=low
1751 * New Policy Manager: Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org>
1752 * Added section 2.4 about the "non-us" distribution.
1753 * Added section 3.1.1 about the "Package" field in the control file.
1754 * Added section 3.2.1 about "Binaries": two programs with different
1755 functionality must not have the same name.
1756 * Changed headline of section 3.2.6 into "Debian changelog and upstream
1757 changelog" as suggested by Santiago Vila Doncel <sanvila@unex.es>.
1758 * Added log-rotating example to section 3.2.9 that tests with `-sf',
1759 as suggested by Boris D. Beletsky <borik@isracom.co.il>.
1760 * Added section 3.13: "Webstandard 3.0" by Christoph Lameter.
1761 * Added section 3.14: "Standard for Console Messages" by Christian Schwarz.
1762 * Split section 4.1 into 4.1.1 (Options for binaries) and 4.1.2 (Options
1764 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be compiled with `-D_REENTRANT'
1765 to make them compatible with LinuxThreads, by Rob Browning
1766 <osiris@cs.utexas.edu>.
1767 * Added note to 4.1.2: Libraries should be stripped with
1768 "strip --strip-unneeded", by Guy Maor <maor@ece.utexas.edu>.
1769 * Section 5.2: Policy changelog is now
1770 "/usr/doc/debian-policy/changelog-policy.gz". This fixes bug #6130.
1771 * Section 6.2 renamed to "Uploading your first Debian package". This
1774 -- Christian Schwarz <schwarz@debian.org> Sat, 15 Mar 1997 18:08:56 +0100
1776 debian-manuals (2.1.2.2) frozen unstable;
1778 * Fixed even more typographical and grammatical errors in Policy and
1780 * Corrected the contact email addresses again.
1781 * Added a paragraph to Policy 6.3 on taking over an old package (Guy Maor)
1782 * Added a paragraph to Programmer 4.2.14 on listing distributions to load
1783 a package into. (Guy Maor)
1784 * Further clarification of use of absolute pathnames in scripts in
1787 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Tue, 3 Dec 1996 23:28:04 -0600
1789 debian-manuals (2.1.2.1) frozen unstable;
1791 * Many editorial and formatting revisions with suggestions from Ian Jackson,
1793 * correction of chiark address in Policy 6.2
1794 * footnote in Programmers chapter 2 pointing to deb(5) manpage for
1795 description of deb file format.
1796 * addition of more dpkg examples in Programmer chapter 2
1797 * Replace paragraph in Policy 4.1 outlining compiling parameters for
1799 * Added paragraph in Programmer 6.1 on paths in maintainer scripts
1801 * Cleaned up language and formatting of Programmer's 12.2, shlibs
1802 * Corrected contact addresses for listmaster and override-change
1804 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Wed, 27 Nov 1996 08:17:16 -0600
1806 debian-manuals (2.1.2.0) frozen unstable;
1808 * Mostly editorial changes in Policy Manual.
1809 * Added summary of distribution criteria to Introduction
1810 * Added section headings for copyright criteria
1811 * Fixed typos (Bugs #4485, #4622)
1812 * Added paragraph in Compilation Options related to use of shared and
1813 static libraries. (Bug #5299)
1814 * Paragraph added about where to find PGP and other export restricted
1815 packages in section on Procedure
1816 * Change in List administrator and in the contact address for becoming
1817 a package maintainer
1818 * A paragraph added related to who to contact for package maintainer changes.
1819 * Changed where to send upload announcements: uploads destined for unstable,
1820 frozen, or experimental go to debian-devel-changes.
1822 * Made some mostly editorial changes to Programmers Manual.
1823 * Added a recommendation to debmake in Introduction.
1824 * A further interpretation of the various Distributions is added with
1825 the intent of helping people decide which one to choose. (section 4.2.14)
1826 * Section 12 on Shared Libraries expanded with further technical information
1827 on various shlib files
1828 * Section in 2.2 on format of shlib file moved to new subsection within 12.
1829 * Paragraph on adding a symlink without version number added to Shared
1830 Library Section (Guy Maor, Bug #5299)
1832 -- David Morris <bweaver@worf.netins.net> Fri, 22 Nov 1996 23:41:39 -0600
1834 debian-manuals (2.1.1.0) unstable;
1836 * Hard links are forbidden in source packages (they didn't work anyway,
1837 and can't easily be made to work reliably).
1838 * Do not use dpkg-divert or update-alternatives without consultation.
1840 * Do not need to declare dependencies on Essential packages.
1841 * Restrictions on Pre-Depends stated in policy manual.
1842 * debian/substvars file is now almost always auto-generated.
1843 * Shared libraries must be installed stripped.
1844 * Essential and Pre-Depends put together in policy manual.
1846 * Explained component-wise (file-wise) vs. package-wise dependencies.
1848 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.greenend.org.uk> Thu, 12 Sep 1996 01:00:41 +0100
1850 debian-manuals (2.1.0.0) unstable;
1852 * Upstream changelog must be installed too (was just recommended).
1854 * Modification to use dpkg-shlibdeps added to conversion instructions.
1855 * Packages which are buggy and orphaned but which are preserved for
1856 compatibility go in contrib.
1858 * Programmers' manual source package section refers to conversion
1859 instructions in policy manual.
1860 * Make it clear that recommending a non-free or contrib package puts a
1863 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sun, 1 Sep 1996 17:47:18 +0100
1865 debian-manuals (2.0.1.0) unstable;
1867 * varargs.h and libtermcap are obsolete - use stdarg.h and ncurses.
1868 * Shared library link/library ordering corrected (aargh).
1869 * When to byte-compile Elisp files.
1870 * Missing final newlines not represented by dpkg-source.
1872 * Must post upload announcements to debian-changes.
1873 * Moved some sections into new `configuring and building' chapter.
1876 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 31 Aug 1996 20:07:22 +0100
1878 debian-manuals (2.0.0.0) unstable;
1880 * Footnote added OK'ing copyrights which require name changes.
1881 * More detail about changelog format names.
1883 * Problematic licence restrictions are formatted as lists.
1884 * Mentioned 822-date utility as way to generate RFC822 format dates.
1888 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Mon, 26 Aug 1996 14:27:34 +0100
1890 debian-manuals (0.2.1.1) unstable;
1892 * Can't overwrite directories in one package with files in another.
1894 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Sat, 24 Aug 1996 18:44:54 +0100
1896 debian-manuals (0.2.1.0) unstable;
1898 * Policy says when and how to include original source in upload.
1900 * Need -sa on dpkg-genchanges/dpkg-buildpackage when converting.
1902 * Use minor patchlevel for meaning changes which don't affect packages.
1903 * More verbosity about netiquette.
1904 * Reorganised participation and upload policy: merged with mailing lists.
1906 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 12:48:09 +0100
1908 debian-manuals (0.2.0.1) experimental;
1910 * Said that system administrators' manual does not exist.
1912 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Fri, 23 Aug 1996 04:05:36 +0100
1914 debian-manuals (0.2.0.0) experimental;
1918 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 21 Aug 1996 15:07:53 +0100
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